"Stupida focking game!"
Posted on 06/29/2023 7:07:08 AM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin
Pickleball, America’s fastest-growing sport, is taking a toll on players’ wrists, legs and shoulders. And it’s especially popular with injury-prone seniors, which is driving up the cost burden.
Pickleball injuries may cost Americans $377 million in health care costs this year, accounting for 5% to 10% of total unexpected medical costs, UBS analysts estimated in a report Monday.
“While we generally think of exercise as positively impacting health outcomes, the ‘can-do’ attitude of today’s seniors can pose greater risk in other areas such as sports injuries, leading to a greater number of orthopedic procedures,” the analysts said.
Pickleball-related injuries occur most frequently in older people, according to a 2021 medical study. From 2010-2019, 86% of emergency department visits due to pickleball injuries occurred in people over 60 years old, according to the medical study. Around 60% of pickleball injuries are sprains, strains and fractures. Twenty percent are contusions, abrasions, or internal injuries; and fewer than 10% are lacerations or dislocations.
The analysts estimated that there will be around 67,000 emergency room visits, 366,000 outpatient visits and 9,000 outpatient surgeries related to pickleball injuries this year.
Pickleball exploded since the pandemic began, and that’s leading to more injuries. According to the Sports and Fitness Industry Association trade group, pickleball has grown from 3.5 million players in 2019 to 8.9 million in 2022. The number of players will jump to 22 million this year, the UBS analysts estimate.
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I attended my high screwl class’s 50th last year. The percentage of members that had one or more joint replacements was alarming. But the percentage of obese, or just inactive lifestyle members held the majority.
Sure, some replacements were because of an injury, but that seems to have been the exception, not the rule.
It is time to ban ALL, sports, EXCEPT women’s beach volleyball.
Is mud wrestling a sport?
"Stupida focking game!"
But it's not just the game that appeals to them. There's also socialization.
Games versus sports starts at 4:00
Dry good point on socialization. Also brings business for sure.
Mud and jello are acceptable, as long as Lia Thomas doesn’t join the fun.
Even bikini skiing?
Same where I live in the Midwest but seasonal of course. I wonder why/if they have indoor courts for winter. Injury can happen getting out of bed!
PB injuries are nothing compared to the injuries suffered by senior softball players.
I know at least a dozen fellow players who have had knee replacements, hip replacements and rotator cuff surgeries. To say nothing about the other injuries such as torn hamstrings and achilles tendon tears.
I had rotator cuff surgery in October, 2019 and surgery on a vertebrae in my neck last September.
With that being said, pickle ball is for sissies........LOL!
If you twist my arm, I may consider this exception as well!
I’ve seen that as well. But even risk of injury, people seem to love it. I played a few weeks and found it very boring.
“soccer isn’t a sport because you can’t use your arms. Tap dancing isn’t a sport...”
And how much to fatties and smokers pay each year for health care?
We need sensible pickleball reform. We can’t continue to have all this killing caused by unregulated pickleball.
Dude, the bump stock is how some really old people have the ability to actually return the ball...
Take away the bump stock, people quit playing then the government will complain we don’t get enough exercise...
See???
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