NPR's Scott Simon talks with orthopedist Timothy Kremchekan about how artificial turf can exacerbate injuries among high school football players. There was much attention when Aaron Rodgers was ...

An Orange County school district has agreed to pay a former local high school football player ... when he was injured on March 9, 2021, after falling during practice on natural turf fields that ...

turf. Maybe no NFL player said it better this week ... Then again, significant injuries in football can occur anywhere at any time. While Rodgers was injured while playing on the new FieldTurf ...

Barker stood up after a few minutes on the turf. He was helped to the ... Ashlynd Barker injury update: FSU football player injured in game vs Miami ...

Objective: To compare injury risk in elite football played on artificial turf compared with natural grass. Design: Prospective two-cohort study. Setting: Male European elite football leagues.

some players can manage the pain of a Grade 1 turf toe injury to play through it and not suffer any significant or additional damage (though we wouldn’t recommend it). Anything above that is ...

Jenkins said. Some studies show injuries like Jenkins’ can be more prevalent on turf. In 2020, the National Football League Player Association reported a 32% increase in non-contact knee ...

A Johnston football player was injured in Friday night's Division III ... The player was lying on the turf as teammates and coaches surrounded him. He was then placed in an ambulance and taken ...

Of course many injuries in a sport like football can't be blamed on turf ... What's more pertinent in the debate is the day-to-day toll players say turf takes on their bodies.

Aim: To investigate the risk of injury on artificial turf compared with natural grass among young female football players. Study design: Prospective cohort study. Methods: 2020 players from 109 teams ...

But we know that artificial turf does not absorb as much force for the player’s knee ... especially for serious injuries that can cause a considerable loss of playing time. That’s been borne out in ...

The last time Calyx Carfi played a flag football game on the ... “My cleats got hung up in the turf. If I hadn’t gotten hit by two Lyndhurst players, I think it (her foot) may have come ...