Sports accidents occur during sports or exercise and affect both professional athletes and people trying to improve their health through physical activity. Some accidents involve active participants; others involve bystanders. Skiers and snowboarders are involved in about 7,500 collisions annually; even a baseball may strike a fan during a professional game. Sports accidents can cause injuries ranging from a temporary sprain to fatal head trauma. The injury could be permanent. The late actor Christopher Reeve's accident during an equestrian event left him paralyzed below the neck. Sports accident litigation focuses on areas such as fault. A skier could be responsible for injury to another. Liability could extend to coaches, medical professionals who treat injuries, sports insurance providers and owners of businesses such as golf courses.
What Are Sports Injuries?
For some people - particularly those who overdo or who don't properly train or warm up - the benefits may come at a price: sports injuries. In addition the stress of some sports may cause permanent long-term injuries. Most sports injuries are treated effectively, and most people who suffer these injuries return to a satisfying level of physical activity after an injury.
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Responsibilities of Athletic Trainers to Athletes
There have been relatively few legal opinions about litigation between athletic trainers, competitive athletes and sports accidents or injuries. An athletic trainer's responsibility, similar to that of a team physician, is to protect the health and safety of all the athletes . In the case of an athletic trainer who is treating an athlete with an injury, several legal duties exist as a result of the athletic trainer/athlete relationship.
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