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PRESENTER – Injuries are the biggest stumbling block that athletes and sportsmen and women have to endure during a professional or amateur career. It can affect a person in many ways, including mentally, and physically. For an expert opinion on the subject, we spoke to BCU Sports Therpy specialist Callum Davidson to get a perspective into his views on the subject.

Examples of how impactful sports injuries can be are scattered across the internet, but one stood out from the BBC, which stated that in the Premier League, there has been a 20% reduction in the number of injury incidents, and about a 30% reduction in the impact it has on the clubs. Does this show the improvement in sports injury specialists, or is the medication used to help the injuries becoming more and more effective. We asked Callum for his thoughts on the matter.

So, what does the future hold for injury prevention and a player’s physical health improvement. A date driven approach will be used, and as technology advances, so will our perception and knowledge of hwo to deal and help footballers and athletes with injury.