Undertaking regular exercise has undoubted, positive, life-changing health benefits. However, regardless of how active or fit we are, people who exercise do inevitably run the risk of injury.
The majority of injuries that do occur with exercise and activity tend to be musculoskeletal in nature. By musculoskeletal we mean injuries involving the bones, joints muscles and connective tissue (for example sprains, strains, fractures and dislocations to name a few).
This post aims to look at some of the factors that increase our chances of injury as well as some of the more common musculoskeletal injuries that can occur with exercise.