An interesting exposition, thanks. I believe Miss Iceland’s competitive sports days are behind her, as are her pageant runs. Hopefully she will move into good carryover activities that maintain fitness and don’t cause long term damage. The challenge for us all.
Thanks.
The "hidden injuries" plague football players the most. All those hits, especially the ones of head-to-ground," do affect them. Young men and women SEEM to heal in weeks. But, the joints damaged really are not fully healed. When the hard playing athletes reach FORTY they begin to feel the aches and pains from those same injured body parts.
Muscles CAN replicate but joints cannot. Neither can those MULTIPLE hits to the head.
It won't stop men from the sports but maybe it can, at least, remind them of WHY they hurt. Hurt doesn't go away at 40 either. Arthritis sets in and their REAL crippling begins.
SWIMMING hurts no one so it's the best for the body. In fact, after many laps the only thing on their mind is AIR!! I need AIR!!