A World of Pain

Quirico Montes
Mr. Jimenez
Research Paper
16 February 2004
World of Hurt
For as long as sports have been around, so have sports injuries. An athlete's worst enemy is an injury. Injuries are prevented whenever possible by the use of protective gear and padding in many contact sports. However, an athlete is never 100% safe from injury. Whenever an athlete gets injured, that athlete must be treated and rehabilitated of his injury in order to be able to return and to compete in that sport. The treatment and rehabilitation of sports injuries vary according to location and severity, and als…