I am a certified ice technician. Levels of CO2 and NO2 are to be constantly monitored, and levels are to be checked after each use of the Zamboni. Another huge risk to ice rinks is the ammonia used in the cooling system. Fernie, a town in BC(Canada), recently had a fatal ammonia related catastrophe in which multiple people lost their lives.
Speaking of weird sports injuries from celebrating: it's hard to top the LA Angels' Kendry Morales who, in 2010, hit a game-winning grand slam; after circling the bases, jumped on home plate while surrounded by cheering teammates; and broke his leg. As for me: in 1975, 21-year-old me strained my right hip when I showed off a James-Brown-spin-around-drop-into-a-half-split move without warming up. 47 years later, I still work out 3 times weekly and look & feel great; except, going up and down stairs, when my hip reminds me of that fateful party move.
That's interesting, but what about Science-UA-camr's spiritual-sibling? The Atheist-Channel? Maybe try Genetically Modified Sceptic, Prophet of Zod and Logicked for the Start.
Pro soccer player a few years ago died doing a flip celebration after a goal. Wet turf, he slipped on the take-off and landed on his neck. I cringe every time I see that celebration now. It's a completely unnecessary risk.
I'm ignoring the Slevin spam bot while completely agreeing with you. One wrong move decades in the past will kick you in the axle now. I'm currently being nostalgic about when I hadn't created some of this 'old body' crap and could still enjoy exercise.
Ah yes 2006-2014 was the "golden age" of young talented baseball players having injuries that ended their career, I could list some I'm just too lazy right now
I've often felt that the air in ice rinks irritated my lungs. It's interesting to hear that I wasn't just imagining it. Also, my dentist injured her knee when she was jumping for joy at a World Cup-watching party, where her home country won. She had to reschedule appointments for a week.
Ahhhhh this episode made my day! I’m an athletic trainer and have always wanted more sports medicine content here! I actually wrote a paper about the respiratory effects from ice rinks and my thesis on post concussion depressive symptoms during my time at the University of Montana!
I'm just here to thank SciShow as a whole project, specially on youtube (tho the podcasts are also hot stuff)! I learn so so much with these shows that I was able to help get my grandma with her diet, putting her back in shape and recommending a bunch of good stuff to her for diet implementation just with knowledge accumulated over hours and hours of watching SciShow. Ok, maybe other small shows like thoughty2, but mainly SS. I literally didn't know I had all this info inside my head, but turns out that if you watch good scientific info presented in a fun entertaining shape everyday, although it doesn't seem like it, it really does make your mind go a long, really long way. Thanks to all SciShow team and crew. I'm not only considering becoming a patreon, I straight up will as soon as my post-pandemic budget allows me to.
Seconding that! Extremely grateful (and entertained) even before Covid locked us all inside. . A lot of times, it isn't just that I learned something directly and immediately useful, but also that I was introduced to concepts, fields of study, etc. I didn't know existed. . And it prompted me to ask other questions, and make connections between two ideas that previously would've passed silently by in my subconsciously like ships in the night. And to spiral into fascinating research rabbit-holes (although that statement's also approx. 35% 'complaint' when it happens in the wee hours when I foolishly thought to watch "just one or two short vids before bed" xD thanks a lot, SciShow).
I've torn my Achilles tendon by finding a pacifier that matches the carpet in my patients room the hard way and twisting my ankle. When I got home and took off my shoe my foot almost doubled in size from swelling. It took almost 2 years to fully recover from that. Muscle and tendon tears can be worse than breaking a bone.
Ripped through my big toe when I was 8, doing martial arts. Hasn't been a day since that it didn't hurt. Coaches, if someone says they're tired let them rest
I broke my ACL back in 2015 (I was 18 then) in a road accident & it's insane.. like I still feel pain if I do some bulky work or over-exercise. Earlier as an active Karate player I used to kick around 130-150 kicks on daily basis as conditioning before starting the real exercises.. but now not only I've been out of the sports but my kicks have also reduced to around 20-30 in numbers before I start feeling pain in my knee. Y'all... take care of your body.
I imagine that rinks in warmer climates would be more likely to experience those issues since in places where it regularly hits below -10 degrees Celsius, it would be cheaper to pump in air from outside than to try and cool existing air... kind of negating that issue.. but if it does get warm and the owner is not maintaining.. then yes, absolutely an issue.
The excessive celebration one got me. I used to be in really good shape. Hurt celebrating a great play in playoffs. Was literally the last day I was in good shape in my life, lol. I'm pathetic, I know, haha
I took up Circuit training to get fit, and ended up gashing my leg on a bar we had to jump over. Other skin removing injuries followed, none of which I got before doing this. Sod doing Sport or exercise that end up damaging you more than if you didn't do them. Gentle exercise or swimming get my vote.
@@joanhoffman3702 I was thinking 'Dragon Skin' (which really was a type of body armor that the military rejected, according to one son, because it was more expensive than Kevlar.)
All competitive sports cause serious and permanent damage to the athletes. We don't want to talk about this, because of all the rhethoric around sports, competitions, etc. but the reality is that our bodies were not created to repeat a fixed set of motions constantly. Humans should move, true, much more than most usually do, but this movement should amount to walking on dirt roads, swimming in ponds, climbing trees to fetch fruit, hunting prey, fishing, etc. Non competitive sports are not safe either, if practiced at high intensity. Weight lifting in particular causes heaps of damage but running will do too.
That's not a reason to not take part in sports, it just means you should know about the dangers, I for one love rockclimbing, but I know about the injuries, there are even injuries in climbing that are only found in climbers
Ralph Moody (Little Britches) wrote about the time he broke 9 toes. He recalled the doctor telling him that the only reason he hadn't broken all 10 was because he had recently bruised the big toe on one foot. So while all the other toes got 'hammered', his brain was keeping that one out of the way. (I have to laugh a little, partly because he fully recovered, and partly because I've had a bruised big toe more than once)
As someone who badly sprained my ankle and broke a metatarsal just from landing a small jump wrong in a dance performance I can attest to how small the movement can sometimes be that causes injuries. Obviously when it's something small there are usually amounts of stress/damage to the affected structures that cause it to result in a severe injury, which was true in my case. I had an undiagnosed hairline fracture in my foot prior to the injury that resulted in a complete fracture near the end of bone. Trying to walk on that foot was torture.
Interesting one, too: Kids who were super active growing up can develop a sinus arrhythmia whereby their heart rate goes up when they breathe in, and goes down when they breathe out. I have this, myself! It's more common in boys, and goes away by your 30s usually, but it's an adaptive condition caused by having an extra-active lifestyle, maybe to make breathing more efficient. *Also, sorry I didn't add, but this isn't a bad thing! It's very normal and doesn't affect your health. Just a fascinating thing that sports/activity can do to the body
Interesting. I used to make my heart rate go up and down on the machines at the hospital using breathing techniques. I can raise or lower by like 15-20bpm with some focused nose breathing
Sinus arrhythmia is normal and very common. It’s so common that sport/fitness watches like Garmin use it to track respiration rate (the watch measures heart rate and calculates when you inhale/exhale from your heart rate variability). If you are not old and have no sinus arrhythmia, you should be concerned.
I tore my right hip flexor twice aged 16/17. How? Simply by kicking a soccer ball. I was slightly overweight and had a bad posture owing to years of computers and video games - so I guess my hip flexors shortened a bit over time. I was the goalkeeper. I was doing a routine goal kick, when I heard and felt the worst pop/crunch at the front of my hip. The pain started ~10 seconds later. 6 months of rest, healing and gentle rehabilitation later, I started playing sports again. On my very first day back, I did the exact same thing, tearing it from a goal kick. I let it heal for the same length of time, and have played soccer countless times since with no issues.
Good on you for not letting that stop you from continuing to play! I feel like most people would take 2 consecutive injuries that were that extremely similar as some sort of sign that they should give it up lol
It may depend on the quality of the helmets. I suspect there is a lot more money and innovation in F1 that can be invested in helmets. I don't know the helmets in those sports, but I am old enough to have gone through 4 generations of bicycle helmets. Each was better and more costly than the preceding one. They went from poor attempts to prevent cracking your skull to moderate concusion protection.
A friend broke his ankle and lower leg playing American football. All he did was try to turn too quickly while running, his studs caught in the turf and his bones broke as he turned. He now has metal pins in his ankle and a metal plate screwed to his shin. That was the last time he played.
Growing up being told being active is a great way to stay healthy. Being in my 30's and remembering being a catcher in baseball, being a larger sized folkstyle wrestler, a couple of years playing as a lineman in US football, and heavy weight lifting over years, when my ankles (I broke one of them as well) and knees seem to hurt for no apparent reason.
On the turf toe topic, my anecdotal experience is that paradoxically in soccer. The goalkeeper is most susceptible to it since most of the other players are at least jogging for most of the game. They don't have as aggressive of a burst of power required, whereas the goalkeeper might have to go from a stop to a dive instantly
LOL Seriously, ER staff report that armchair quarterbacking can be very dangerous - and after a big game, they usually see more guys with sprains - and cracked bones - come in.
I played soccer, baseball, and basketball starting in youth leagues all the way through high school, never suffered a single injury. Me and a couple friends of mine play a little dodgeball, a guy throws one at my feet, I try and jump over it and land on the ball with one foot and absolutely destroy my ankle and half my foot. Always aches, some days more than others, but just kind of funny how things work out some times.
@@spanqueluv9er If you don't think a shoulder dislocation will harm his training and future performance you know nothing about injuries, especially shoulder injuries. Totally different topic to the video "Unexpected Dangers of Sports". He's one of my favourite up and coming fighters. So I'm sure you know that since his inury he's had more losses and pull outs than his entire career before hand. But thaks for that, clown.
@@MixedMartialHelp Did you faint due to an iron deficiency or have you tapped out?🤔🧐🤷♂️🙄 Take care of those career-ending-injury-riddled shoulders, guy.🙄🤦♂️🤡
I was in a singing group years ago and our tenor loved to run marathons. One day at practice he wore sandals. I was appalled at the damage running had done to his toes. NASTY!!! His wife told me later that she'd been after him to get better shoes. He did - after she told him he couldn't run another marathon if he didn't have toes. (Personally, I suspected she would have cut them off herself. :D Great woman.)
I was a Luger and have experienced Sled Head. After about 6 runs in a day, you feel like you have a concussion just from bumpy ice and extreme g-forces. Keeping the ice on the track in good condition and taking breaks in between sessions both limit sled head.
@@Sara3346 In suffocation, CO2 builds up in the blood causing the feeling of suffocating and the panic associated. In asphyxiation, that doesn't happen because CO (or whatever) is binding up the hemoglobin. If you're suffocating, you'll know something's wrong- you likely wont recognize asphyxiation. That's why it's especially dangerous. edit: forgot some words
I wonder if the advancement of medical technology to detect injuries (especially unavoidable and/or uncurable ones) will eventually lead us to having to simply stop endorsing or even allowing some sports at all because the risk of lawsuits is sky-high. Like luge and sledding. . Or if some will fall by the wayside due to expense -- whether it's pure cost (due to supplies, technical expertise or space costs rising too high) or just that raised awareness means greedy club owners can't cut corners to turn a profit (like ice rink owners not properly monitoring the chemical use / building ventillation).
Turf toe occurs a lot in soccer in NA because of the preference of artificial turf fields. It's a condition that’s caused by jamming the big toe or repeatedly pushing off the big toe forcefully as in runnung and jumping. Lots of jamming in soccer. But even worse is getting your big toe stepped on (or jammed) and then having it go black and fall off. Hurts real bread l bad for the first few hours when the swelling starts.
Almost every ice rink I've ever skated in used natural gas, propane, or electric Zambonis, which I assumed was to prevent the harmful emissions mentioned here. But natural gas and propane produce carbon monoxide, so I wonder what the benefit is of using natural gas and propane Zambonis. I'm guessing they are still better than gas or diesel at producing fewer harmful emissions?
Burning propane and natural gas indoors is infinitely better and cleaner than burning diesel or petrol, yeah. However, they still aren't fool-proof. I mean, after all, if your house's gas furnace has an exhaust leak, you will die if you don't have CO alarms. There are even suspicions that gas ranges in your house aren't the best for your health. There is proper technology to get a decent electric zambonie to go through the whole course on 1 charge, or to have it connected to an overhead grid. I definitely think that needs to happen.
@@tim40gabby25 Reading is one of my leisure pursuits, and I've had a few papercuts.... Yes, I still sometimes read paper books and magazines; and papercuts are a small, but present risk.
Ballet isn't a sport - it's an art form. It's obvious that the physical attributes of a dancer are similar to those of an athlete, but there is much more to the art than physical virtuosity and skill. Musicality, creativity and expression are also included in the criteria of what makes a good dancer.
Some of these are just from bad luck. I know too much how bad luck can ruin a life. I slipped on a sheet of aluminum that had fallen and gotten covered by snow, and landed with all my weight on my SI joints, mainly my left one. It's ruined my life. It even arguably may have ruined my marriage, in a roundabout way. He left me after 38½ years, with no warning, and filed for divorce the day after our 39th anniversary. No real explanation, no second chances. It's destroyed me. 18 months.(and 6 days, but who's counting) later, and it's no better for me. And it's very possible it stemmed from me being disabled.
"From your toes to your head" . Ah, totally missed an opportunity to pun : from your head, shoulders, knees and toes (knees and toes!), here's how some sports can give you woes.
I'm going to suggest this at the risk I'm just over-thinking... BUT just in case nobody's actually thinking about it, too... For you sledders and down-hillers out there, try a neck protector. In dirt-track racing (motorcycles/moto-cross) there's a LOT of bouncing and jostling around... Having the clunky sort of foam pad riding your shoulders so you can just "shrug" a little bit and support the weight of your helmet can help against all the G-forces on a rumbly sled and track... It sure can't hurt, and I know when I compete in moto-cross (usually just a "goof" for me to prove a point) that neck-protector is a GAME CHANGER... AND (as I said "goof" proving a point) I have the dubious habit of just putting knobbies on an old-school Cruiser to show the other guys and gals that the particular motorcycle does NOT matter. I can still "kick it's ass around a track"... so... yeah... My theory is that it's not just your skull containing your brain in fluid... Your whole head already weighs around 10 pounds (average), and it's sitting on top of your neck (cervical spine) like a bowling ball on top of one of those "wall protector" springs or at the top of a springy-type "cat toy"... think about that. All's well and good as long as it's got a nice stable place to stand upright... but on a rough track, riding an 89 mph sled... or on a bouncing motorcycle (for instance) there's NOTHING remotely nice or stable about it... Land a 30 foot jump SITTING DOWN and tell me all about it. (I already know... don't ask) haha... SO those motocross neck protectors (yeah, also known as a "neck brace"... but motocross type) might just be the next great thing to go with a helmet, which only ADDS to the weight of your skull, brain, fluid, etc.. ON TOP OF your neck... No, you're neck doesn't have to show injury. We are still protecting against concussions, just by stiffening the neck up a little... maybe even (depending on what the engineers would say from studying) squeezing just a little bit... In case anyone's wondering, I have a "SCOYCO" I recently picked up on E-bay... Came with modular straps to go under my arms, too... holds it perfectly in place, AND yes, (before asked) the straps CAN be adjusted to fit around the outside of my riding jacket. ;o)
I've never cared the least bit about sports either. Perhaps it's the tribalism and violence and obsession linked that surrounds sports like football. The neckbeard comment makes no sense to me... what has that got to do with anything
Unnatural movement and the obsessive urge to compete are the primary causes for these injuries. Healthy activity is good for you, sports very rarely are.
@@melissam986 I've been doing Aerial Silks for 6 years 5 times a week and I had never had an accident before, but I did a drop and Because I was a little nervous I bended my Knee when it should have been straight and the silk + the force of the drop bended my Knee in a way it doesn't bend... so broken ligament and at least 6 months out of aerials :(
I'm so glad I wasn't good at sports in high school. I grew quite a lot and ended up 6'3". Most guys that grow that fast are uncoordinated like me. Those that grow that big or even bigger AND have great coordination... those are the pros you see on television. Since being a pro was extremely unlikely I'm glad I didn't play high school sports. My knees are great! Even at 55. While all my friends and everyone I ever met that played a lot of high school sports is always complaining about their knees and have their next knee surgery coming up.
Some people have knee problems because they grew so fast. It's called Osgood slaughters or something... A lot of people have it who turn out to be athletic. It makes having knees hard. I know just as many non active people who have bad knees too. It's not solely because sports, especially if you take care of your knees with prehab and rehab during season.
@@GreenGorgeousness My theory comes from anecdotal evidence to be sure. And I'm sure some confirmation bias. It just seems as though when the subject comes up their first knee surgery was in high school or college. And the only times my knees have ever hurt is when I slam them into a table or something. This is with several years of jogging. I just found it interesting.
I've got sesamoiditis from years of dance .... it's very strange, like you really need to click the joint but can't. Probably nothing compared to this list but still...
My mom had her right big toe amputated after a bunion led to a bone infection that she did not feel due to diabetic neuropathy. It did not hinder her waking at all. When I first brought her back from the hospital she got out of the car and practically ran to our door too fast for me to catch up and unlock the door for her. The podiatrist said that the importance of the big toe to balance is largely a myth.
My history teacher (ironically, also the basketball coach) confessed to me that he had ruptured both of his. He was, to me, the first white man who couldn't jump.
Human bodies are kinda ridiculous. Landing wrong can mess us up so badly, and yet we can manage pretty incredible feats or strength and agility. Biology is drunk.
14 wks of training reduced to 17 *days?!* Wtf made the ppl in charge of setting the football season schedule or whatever think this would result in a lesser loss of revenue (b/c let's be real, that's their main motivator) just to open the season quickly, when everyone they make money off of gets sidelined by injuries?! (Which anyone with half a brain and a moment's thought should've seen coming.) That's so stupidly short-sighted it's like solving the poverty budget dilemma aka the "food or toilet paper?" question by buying tp and then eating it. It's just a total waste all around.
Hey, Sci-show, have you ever that feeling that when you don't wear the face-mask after quarantine, you feel like your face is naked. Like, I know several other people who also felt face naked. Is there a psychological explanation for this?
@@laffy7204 hasn't ever felt like it was there for me lmao I think that's a you thing. When I take my watch off it feels weird. When I take a bookbag off it feels weird. Same with a mask.
@@MrPacman64 Well, it's not just taking it off any time. It's the act of not wearing the mask in public with tons of other people. That's what I'm talking about
@@laffy7204 yea feels the same to me as not having my watch on lol. Used to wear headphones on my neck for years as a kid and when I took them off after years of wearing them it felt weird too. Same weird. It's just you being used to something and not having it anymore lol
If life was all that dangerous in the developed world, the average age of death wouldn’t be in the mid to high 70s because over half of people are living long enough where their cause of death is age-related health issues. Exercise is better than no exercise for your body, but the brain damage brought on by careers in sports like American football and boxing might not be worth it.
I am a certified ice technician. Levels of CO2 and NO2 are to be constantly monitored, and levels are to be checked after each use of the Zamboni. Another huge risk to ice rinks is the ammonia used in the cooling system. Fernie, a town in BC(Canada), recently had a fatal ammonia related catastrophe in which multiple people lost their lives.
The fact that celebration jumps have torn several athletes' meniscuses is a piece of cruel and hilarious irony
Speaking of weird sports injuries from celebrating: it's hard to top the LA Angels' Kendry Morales who, in 2010, hit a game-winning grand slam; after circling the bases, jumped on home plate while surrounded by cheering teammates; and broke his leg.
As for me: in 1975, 21-year-old me strained my right hip when I showed off a James-Brown-spin-around-drop-into-a-half-split move without warming up. 47 years later, I still work out 3 times weekly and look & feel great; except, going up and down stairs, when my hip reminds me of that fateful party move.
That's interesting,
but what about Science-UA-camr's spiritual-sibling? The Atheist-Channel?
Maybe try Genetically Modified Sceptic, Prophet of Zod and Logicked for the Start.
Pro soccer player a few years ago died doing a flip celebration after a goal. Wet turf, he slipped on the take-off and landed on his neck. I cringe every time I see that celebration now. It's a completely unnecessary risk.
@@BTheBlindRef 😳😬
I'm ignoring the Slevin spam bot while completely agreeing with you. One wrong move decades in the past will kick you in the axle now. I'm currently being nostalgic about when I hadn't created some of this 'old body' crap and could still enjoy exercise.
Ah yes 2006-2014 was the "golden age" of young talented baseball players having injuries that ended their career, I could list some I'm just too lazy right now
I've often felt that the air in ice rinks irritated my lungs. It's interesting to hear that I wasn't just imagining it. Also, my dentist injured her knee when she was jumping for joy at a World Cup-watching party, where her home country won. She had to reschedule appointments for a week.
Ahhhhh this episode made my day! I’m an athletic trainer and have always wanted more sports medicine content here! I actually wrote a paper about the respiratory effects from ice rinks and my thesis on post concussion depressive symptoms during my time at the University of Montana!
Gold star! Research is great
I am so terribly curious about your paper now. Is it published for the sci/med cmmty or public, by chance??
Tesla needs to make a Zamboni. Someone should tweet to Musk about this!
I'm just here to thank SciShow as a whole project, specially on youtube (tho the podcasts are also hot stuff)! I learn so so much with these shows that I was able to help get my grandma with her diet, putting her back in shape and recommending a bunch of good stuff to her for diet implementation just with knowledge accumulated over hours and hours of watching SciShow. Ok, maybe other small shows like thoughty2, but mainly SS.
I literally didn't know I had all this info inside my head, but turns out that if you watch good scientific info presented in a fun entertaining shape everyday, although it doesn't seem like it, it really does make your mind go a long, really long way.
Thanks to all SciShow team and crew. I'm not only considering becoming a patreon, I straight up will as soon as my post-pandemic budget allows me to.
Seconding that! Extremely grateful (and entertained) even before Covid locked us all inside.
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A lot of times, it isn't just that I learned something directly and immediately useful, but also that I was introduced to concepts, fields of study, etc. I didn't know existed.
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And it prompted me to ask other questions, and make connections between two ideas that previously would've passed silently by in my subconsciously like ships in the night. And to spiral into fascinating research rabbit-holes (although that statement's also approx. 35% 'complaint' when it happens in the wee hours when I foolishly thought to watch "just one or two short vids before bed" xD thanks a lot, SciShow).
I've torn my Achilles tendon by finding a pacifier that matches the carpet in my patients room the hard way and twisting my ankle. When I got home and took off my shoe my foot almost doubled in size from swelling. It took almost 2 years to fully recover from that. Muscle and tendon tears can be worse than breaking a bone.
Ouch! I wince just reading that! I’m glad you’ve recovered!! Soft tissue injuries can really be rough.
Ripped through my big toe when I was 8, doing martial arts. Hasn't been a day since that it didn't hurt.
Coaches, if someone says they're tired let them rest
I broke my ACL back in 2015 (I was 18 then) in a road accident & it's insane.. like I still feel pain if I do some bulky work or over-exercise. Earlier as an active Karate player I used to kick around 130-150 kicks on daily basis as conditioning before starting the real exercises.. but now not only I've been out of the sports but my kicks have also reduced to around 20-30 in numbers before I start feeling pain in my knee. Y'all... take care of your body.
I always thought it was weird having a truck-like Zamboni running inside an enclosed space like an Ice Hockey or other sort of Ice Rink.
I imagine that rinks in warmer climates would be more likely to experience those issues since in places where it regularly hits below -10 degrees Celsius, it would be cheaper to pump in air from outside than to try and cool existing air... kind of negating that issue.. but if it does get warm and the owner is not maintaining.. then yes, absolutely an issue.
The excessive celebration one got me. I used to be in really good shape. Hurt celebrating a great play in playoffs. Was literally the last day I was in good shape in my life, lol. I'm pathetic, I know, haha
I took up Circuit training to get fit, and ended up gashing my leg on a bar we had to jump over. Other skin removing injuries followed, none of which I got before doing this. Sod doing Sport or exercise that end up damaging you more than if you didn't do them. Gentle exercise or swimming get my vote.
Personal plate armor might help. 😁
You can get a nice dose of subacromial bursitis from swimming...
@@joanhoffman3702 I was thinking 'Dragon Skin' (which really was a type of body armor that the military rejected, according to one son, because it was more expensive than Kevlar.)
You can get injured swimming as well.
i like fighting and falling
All competitive sports cause serious and permanent damage to the athletes.
We don't want to talk about this, because of all the rhethoric around sports, competitions, etc. but the reality is that our bodies were not created to repeat a fixed set of motions constantly. Humans should move, true, much more than most usually do, but this movement should amount to walking on dirt roads, swimming in ponds, climbing trees to fetch fruit, hunting prey, fishing, etc.
Non competitive sports are not safe either, if practiced at high intensity. Weight lifting in particular causes heaps of damage but running will do too.
That's not a reason to not take part in sports, it just means you should know about the dangers, I for one love rockclimbing, but I know about the injuries, there are even injuries in climbing that are only found in climbers
Wrestling is the most natural sport even better when your naked!
Ralph Moody (Little Britches) wrote about the time he broke 9 toes. He recalled the doctor telling him that the only reason he hadn't broken all 10 was because he had recently bruised the big toe on one foot. So while all the other toes got 'hammered', his brain was keeping that one out of the way. (I have to laugh a little, partly because he fully recovered, and partly because I've had a bruised big toe more than once)
As someone who badly sprained my ankle and broke a metatarsal just from landing a small jump wrong in a dance performance I can attest to how small the movement can sometimes be that causes injuries. Obviously when it's something small there are usually amounts of stress/damage to the affected structures that cause it to result in a severe injury, which was true in my case. I had an undiagnosed hairline fracture in my foot prior to the injury that resulted in a complete fracture near the end of bone. Trying to walk on that foot was torture.
Interesting one, too: Kids who were super active growing up can develop a sinus arrhythmia whereby their heart rate goes up when they breathe in, and goes down when they breathe out. I have this, myself! It's more common in boys, and goes away by your 30s usually, but it's an adaptive condition caused by having an extra-active lifestyle, maybe to make breathing more efficient.
*Also, sorry I didn't add, but this isn't a bad thing! It's very normal and doesn't affect your health. Just a fascinating thing that sports/activity can do to the body
doubt on that super active lifestyle.
@@Sinaeb Doubt what?
@@Sinaeb what a hater lol
Interesting. I used to make my heart rate go up and down on the machines at the hospital using breathing techniques. I can raise or lower by like 15-20bpm with some focused nose breathing
Sinus arrhythmia is normal and very common. It’s so common that sport/fitness watches like Garmin use it to track respiration rate (the watch measures heart rate and calculates when you inhale/exhale from your heart rate variability). If you are not old and have no sinus arrhythmia, you should be concerned.
Rupture is the right word. A torn Achilles tendon feels like stepping on a landmine.
I tore my right hip flexor twice aged 16/17.
How? Simply by kicking a soccer ball.
I was slightly overweight and had a bad posture owing to years of computers and video games - so I guess my hip flexors shortened a bit over time.
I was the goalkeeper. I was doing a routine goal kick, when I heard and felt the worst pop/crunch at the front of my hip.
The pain started ~10 seconds later.
6 months of rest, healing and gentle rehabilitation later, I started playing sports again. On my very first day back, I did the exact same thing, tearing it from a goal kick.
I let it heal for the same length of time, and have played soccer countless times since with no issues.
Good on you for not letting that stop you from continuing to play! I feel like most people would take 2 consecutive injuries that were that extremely similar as some sort of sign that they should give it up lol
I wonder if “sled head” affects racers too. Watching F1 drivers’ heads bounce around concerns me..
It may depend on the quality of the helmets. I suspect there is a lot more money and innovation in F1 that can be invested in helmets. I don't know the helmets in those sports, but I am old enough to have gone through 4 generations of bicycle helmets. Each was better and more costly than the preceding one. They went from poor attempts to prevent cracking your skull to moderate concusion protection.
A friend broke his ankle and lower leg playing American football. All he did was try to turn too quickly while running, his studs caught in the turf and his bones broke as he turned. He now has metal pins in his ankle and a metal plate screwed to his shin. That was the last time he played.
Growing up being told being active is a great way to stay healthy.
Being in my 30's and remembering being a catcher in baseball, being a larger sized folkstyle wrestler, a couple of years playing as a lineman in US football, and heavy weight lifting over years, when my ankles (I broke one of them as well) and knees seem to hurt for no apparent reason.
On the turf toe topic, my anecdotal experience is that paradoxically in soccer. The goalkeeper is most susceptible to it since most of the other players are at least jogging for most of the game. They don't have as aggressive of a burst of power required, whereas the goalkeeper might have to go from a stop to a dive instantly
I did have a friend break her ankle in a celebratory jump lol. This was back in middle school. She was cheering about having a substitute teacher
LOL Seriously, ER staff report that armchair quarterbacking can be very dangerous - and after a big game, they usually see more guys with sprains - and cracked bones - come in.
I played soccer, baseball, and basketball starting in youth leagues all the way through high school, never suffered a single injury.
Me and a couple friends of mine play a little dodgeball, a guy throws one at my feet, I try and jump over it and land on the ball with one foot and absolutely destroy my ankle and half my foot. Always aches, some days more than others, but just kind of funny how things work out some times.
UFC fighter Johnny Walker dislocated his shoulder in a fight winning celebration. Potentially pretty much career ending for him, very sad.
Career ending? He’s still on the UFC roster.🙄🤦♂️🤡
@@spanqueluv9er If you don't think a shoulder dislocation will harm his training and future performance you know nothing about injuries, especially shoulder injuries.
Totally different topic to the video "Unexpected Dangers of Sports". He's one of my favourite up and coming fighters. So I'm sure you know that since his inury he's had more losses and pull outs than his entire career before hand.
But thaks for that, clown.
@@MixedMartialHelp Did you faint due to an iron deficiency or have you tapped out?🤔🧐🤷♂️🙄
Take care of those career-ending-injury-riddled shoulders, guy.🙄🤦♂️🤡
Went to a baseball camp where we played all day every day for some time and it was rainy season. My feet have never recovered from that.
Do some stretches and you'll be good after a month or 2
@@skrimper there’s no evidence that stretching, in any form, has significant impact on recovery or injury rehabilitation.
I was in a singing group years ago and our tenor loved to run marathons. One day at practice he wore sandals. I was appalled at the damage running had done to his toes. NASTY!!! His wife told me later that she'd been after him to get better shoes. He did - after she told him he couldn't run another marathon if he didn't have toes. (Personally, I suspected she would have cut them off herself. :D Great woman.)
I was a Luger and have experienced Sled Head. After about 6 runs in a day, you feel like you have a concussion just from bumpy ice and extreme g-forces. Keeping the ice on the track in good condition and taking breaks in between sessions both limit sled head.
don't forget about fantasy football! i can only do so much desktop research until my back hurts and cts physically prevents me 🤣
One time my friend was writing down a stat for his fantasy football league and he died from writing. It's serious business
Good thing the ice rink I grew up playing in always had an electric Zamboni!
Suffocation is where oxygen isn't getting into the body, breathing and having your hemoglobin bound up with CO (or anything else) is asphyxiation.
How functionally different are the symptoms?
@@Sara3346 In suffocation, CO2 builds up in the blood causing the feeling of suffocating and the panic associated. In asphyxiation, that doesn't happen because CO (or whatever) is binding up the hemoglobin. If you're suffocating, you'll know something's wrong- you likely wont recognize asphyxiation. That's why it's especially dangerous.
edit: forgot some words
@@troyclayton Thank you!
Turf toe is the WORST!
I wonder if the advancement of medical technology to detect injuries (especially unavoidable and/or uncurable ones) will eventually lead us to having to simply stop endorsing or even allowing some sports at all because the risk of lawsuits is sky-high. Like luge and sledding.
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Or if some will fall by the wayside due to expense -- whether it's pure cost (due to supplies, technical expertise or space costs rising too high) or just that raised awareness means greedy club owners can't cut corners to turn a profit (like ice rink owners not properly monitoring the chemical use / building ventillation).
Turf toe occurs a lot in soccer in NA because of the preference of artificial turf fields. It's a condition that’s caused by jamming the big toe or repeatedly pushing off the big toe forcefully as in runnung and jumping. Lots of jamming in soccer.
But even worse is getting your big toe stepped on (or jammed) and then having it go black and fall off. Hurts real bread l bad for the first few hours when the swelling starts.
My stupid injury was spraining my middle toe on my closet door while grabbing a snack; couldn't really run for 2 weeks
Almost every ice rink I've ever skated in used natural gas, propane, or electric Zambonis, which I assumed was to prevent the harmful emissions mentioned here. But natural gas and propane produce carbon monoxide, so I wonder what the benefit is of using natural gas and propane Zambonis. I'm guessing they are still better than gas or diesel at producing fewer harmful emissions?
That and cheaper to refuel
Burning propane and natural gas indoors is infinitely better and cleaner than burning diesel or petrol, yeah. However, they still aren't fool-proof. I mean, after all, if your house's gas furnace has an exhaust leak, you will die if you don't have CO alarms. There are even suspicions that gas ranges in your house aren't the best for your health.
There is proper technology to get a decent electric zambonie to go through the whole course on 1 charge, or to have it connected to an overhead grid. I definitely think that needs to happen.
There is this sport that consist of a guy launching a stone over ice and 2 guys mopping really fast, i believe that one is no that dangerous.
Only if the ice hall is sufficiently ventilated.
Curling.
Maybe competitive sport could be distinguished from leisure pursuits by the risk of injury?
@@tim40gabby25
Reading is one of my leisure pursuits, and I've had a few papercuts....
Yes, I still sometimes read paper books and magazines; and papercuts are a small, but present risk.
I bet people who compete in curling get repetitive strain injuries in wrists, elbows and shoulders
Two trainers from the Philadelphia Flyers are suing because they got rare forms of cancer from the Zamboni’s.
Used to not think turf toe was that bad, until I got it... lord spare those how have had experienced it
You can also get ‘Turf Toe’ from tripping over your dog 😂🤣
Ballet isn't a sport - it's an art form. It's obvious that the physical attributes of a dancer are similar to those of an athlete, but there is much more to the art than physical virtuosity and skill. Musicality, creativity and expression are also included in the criteria of what makes a good dancer.
Some of these are just from bad luck. I know too much how bad luck can ruin a life. I slipped on a sheet of aluminum that had fallen and gotten covered by snow, and landed with all my weight on my SI joints, mainly my left one. It's ruined my life.
It even arguably may have ruined my marriage, in a roundabout way. He left me after 38½ years, with no warning, and filed for divorce the day after our 39th anniversary. No real explanation, no second chances. It's destroyed me. 18 months.(and 6 days, but who's counting) later, and it's no better for me. And it's very possible it stemmed from me being disabled.
Resting turf toe injuries usually gives them time to heel on their own. Oh, _heal._
You spent all week thinking that up, didn't you? LOL
@@sealyoness Umm... yeah! In other words all: of a minute, since the week's just begun.
So I guess we need electric Zambonis...
broken heart after the competitive player loses
"From your toes to your head"
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Ah, totally missed an opportunity to pun : from your head, shoulders, knees and toes (knees and toes!), here's how some sports can give you woes.
Always interesting, thank you.
I’m just going to lay in bed forever…
I'm going to suggest this at the risk I'm just over-thinking... BUT just in case nobody's actually thinking about it, too...
For you sledders and down-hillers out there, try a neck protector. In dirt-track racing (motorcycles/moto-cross) there's a LOT of bouncing and jostling around... Having the clunky sort of foam pad riding your shoulders so you can just "shrug" a little bit and support the weight of your helmet can help against all the G-forces on a rumbly sled and track... It sure can't hurt, and I know when I compete in moto-cross (usually just a "goof" for me to prove a point) that neck-protector is a GAME CHANGER... AND (as I said "goof" proving a point) I have the dubious habit of just putting knobbies on an old-school Cruiser to show the other guys and gals that the particular motorcycle does NOT matter. I can still "kick it's ass around a track"... so... yeah...
My theory is that it's not just your skull containing your brain in fluid... Your whole head already weighs around 10 pounds (average), and it's sitting on top of your neck (cervical spine) like a bowling ball on top of one of those "wall protector" springs or at the top of a springy-type "cat toy"... think about that. All's well and good as long as it's got a nice stable place to stand upright... but on a rough track, riding an 89 mph sled... or on a bouncing motorcycle (for instance) there's NOTHING remotely nice or stable about it... Land a 30 foot jump SITTING DOWN and tell me all about it. (I already know... don't ask) haha...
SO those motocross neck protectors (yeah, also known as a "neck brace"... but motocross type) might just be the next great thing to go with a helmet, which only ADDS to the weight of your skull, brain, fluid, etc.. ON TOP OF your neck... No, you're neck doesn't have to show injury. We are still protecting against concussions, just by stiffening the neck up a little... maybe even (depending on what the engineers would say from studying) squeezing just a little bit...
In case anyone's wondering, I have a "SCOYCO" I recently picked up on E-bay... Came with modular straps to go under my arms, too... holds it perfectly in place, AND yes, (before asked) the straps CAN be adjusted to fit around the outside of my riding jacket. ;o)
I thought an episode about sports would get way less views and I wasn't wrong.
As someone who absolutely hates all sports with a passion - from doing them to even watching it makes me tired and bored, this video was lovely! 10/10
I didn't want to like your comment... I really didn't ;)
this is a neckbeard thing to say
I've never cared the least bit about sports either. Perhaps it's the tribalism and violence and obsession linked that surrounds sports like football.
The neckbeard comment makes no sense to me... what has that got to do with anything
I hate shoe's that are inflexible in the toe. 😩 I tend to walk more on the balls of my feet without shoes.
Internal combustion engines are used indoors? An electric Zamboni can't be built? What the hell?
Great content guys, thanks 🙏🏻
Turf is the word for slabs of grass and soil you cut off the ground and lay out.
Unnatural movement and the obsessive urge to compete are the primary causes for these injuries. Healthy activity is good for you, sports very rarely are.
Meanwhile in motorsport: Im going 200+ KMH and I can't stop
They have walls that can help you stop.
Me, watching this a week after I torn the ligament on my knee while doing Aerial Silks and had to have surgery 🥺🤷🏻♀️
Yikes... I do that for exercise too, but thought it was pretty safe (other than the fall potential). How'd you tear the ligament?
@@melissam986 I've been doing Aerial Silks for 6 years 5 times a week and I had never had an accident before, but I did a drop and Because I was a little nervous I bended my Knee when it should have been straight and the silk + the force of the drop bended my Knee in a way it doesn't bend... so broken ligament and at least 6 months out of aerials :(
I'm so glad I wasn't good at sports in high school. I grew quite a lot and ended up 6'3". Most guys that grow that fast are uncoordinated like me. Those that grow that big or even bigger AND have great coordination... those are the pros you see on television. Since being a pro was extremely unlikely I'm glad I didn't play high school sports. My knees are great! Even at 55. While all my friends and everyone I ever met that played a lot of high school sports is always complaining about their knees and have their next knee surgery coming up.
Some people have knee problems because they grew so fast. It's called Osgood slaughters or something... A lot of people have it who turn out to be athletic.
It makes having knees hard. I know just as many non active people who have bad knees too. It's not solely because sports, especially if you take care of your knees with prehab and rehab during season.
@@GreenGorgeousness My theory comes from anecdotal evidence to be sure. And I'm sure some confirmation bias. It just seems as though when the subject comes up their first knee surgery was in high school or college. And the only times my knees have ever hurt is when I slam them into a table or something. This is with several years of jogging. I just found it interesting.
Perhaps they should look at electric Zambonis. :-O
I've got sesamoiditis from years of dance .... it's very strange, like you really need to click the joint but can't. Probably nothing compared to this list but still...
I've never heard of anyone dying from carbon monoxide poisoning from being in an ice rink. That's ridiculous.
My mom had her right big toe amputated after a bunion led to a bone infection that she did not feel due to diabetic neuropathy. It did not hinder her waking at all. When I first brought her back from the hospital she got out of the car and practically ran to our door too fast for me to catch up and unlock the door for her.
The podiatrist said that the importance of the big toe to balance is largely a myth.
This is actually helpful
Yeah, thats why i prefer staying at home.
Showing LOVE for the channel thank you and have a Blessed day. Happy Easter
Never been this early, just wanna say thanks to the Scishow team
I've ruptured my Achilles tendon, I don't recommend it
My history teacher (ironically, also the basketball coach) confessed to me that he had ruptured both of his. He was, to me, the first white man who couldn't jump.
Human bodies are kinda ridiculous. Landing wrong can mess us up so badly, and yet we can manage pretty incredible feats or strength and agility. Biology is drunk.
Astroturf. Turf toe, turf burn, turf rash…….
2:08 sorry are you telling me there's a sport called "skeleton"? Did I hear that right?
You bet!
I wonder why zamboni's aren't specifically diesel for that reason ?
I was wondering why not electric nowadays
What causes a elastic collision ??
It is really confusing 😕
14 wks of training reduced to 17 *days?!* Wtf made the ppl in charge of setting the football season schedule or whatever think this would result in a lesser loss of revenue (b/c let's be real, that's their main motivator) just to open the season quickly, when everyone they make money off of gets sidelined by injuries?! (Which anyone with half a brain and a moment's thought should've seen coming.) That's so stupidly short-sighted it's like solving the poverty budget dilemma aka the "food or toilet paper?" question by buying tp and then eating it. It's just a total waste all around.
Shoutout to ice rinks with an electric ice resurfacer (Zamboni is a brand)
Why aren't the zambonis all electric? We have electric fork lifts for indoors. Why not require indoor zambonis being electric?
I thought modern Zambonis were electric vehicles.
Good to know.
I surprised you said Zamboni (a brand name) instead of ice resurfacer...
I just sprained my index finger clicking on this video.
Sporty episode 🥰
Turf does mean real grass.
Am I imagining it or does Stefan sound a lot like Hank??
I climb so yeah....
I'd rather have turf toe than TERF toe
*about to jump to celebrate*
Hold up, imma rehearse my victory jump first lest i get injured
so basically sports are dangerous and should be avoided!
Do farts also pose a threat?
Under extreme pressure
Ye
Mine do, mostly to other people though... :P
If you get in an elevator with a whole sports team who all had bean burritos for lunch... 😁
Ha. Electric Zamboni for the win.
The dudes who got injured celebrating are never gonna live it down, I’m sure 🤣
The people doing the research need to do a better job. Turf was a dense mat of grass long before the artificial stuff came into existence.
Hey, Sci-show, have you ever that feeling that when you don't wear the face-mask after quarantine, you feel like your face is naked. Like, I know several other people who also felt face naked. Is there a psychological explanation for this?
Yes. You've been wearing a mask for two years lmao. That would be why. Same reason taking off a watch feels weird
@@MrPacman64 Taking watch off or taking off a backpack feel like it's still there. But for mask it feels different, it's uniquely uncomfortable
@@laffy7204 hasn't ever felt like it was there for me lmao I think that's a you thing. When I take my watch off it feels weird. When I take a bookbag off it feels weird. Same with a mask.
@@MrPacman64 Well, it's not just taking it off any time. It's the act of not wearing the mask in public with tons of other people. That's what I'm talking about
@@laffy7204 yea feels the same to me as not having my watch on lol. Used to wear headphones on my neck for years as a kid and when I took them off after years of wearing them it felt weird too. Same weird. It's just you being used to something and not having it anymore lol
A lot of soft gym floors contain mercury compounds that off gas constantly.
why aren't zambonis electric?
Dang I made it to the top 25 comments?! Hi mom and keep up the great videos sci show!
I had CO poisoning from a Zamboni, fun times
GoOOODDD damn! scishow perfect timing!
Zamboni farts
life in dangerous period 🤨and playing is better than not 👍
If life was all that dangerous in the developed world, the average age of death wouldn’t be in the mid to high 70s because over half of people are living long enough where their cause of death is age-related health issues.
Exercise is better than no exercise for your body, but the brain damage brought on by careers in sports like American football and boxing might not be worth it.