It says 7000 players, with 18 cases of the disease.
I played soccer all my life, including as an adult for over 10 years at a high competitive level, approximately 30 matches a year, practices, etc.
I always felt, the day after a match, like I had been beaten with a stick over every square inch of my body.
There are special muscles used in soccer (interior of thighs, adductors/abductors) that aren't used to any similar degree in other sports, at least sports I've played.
Anyone who'se played knows the physical difference between endurance training by running, versus a real soccer workout. The former can never fully prepare you for the latter -- only by playing soccer can you build up those muscles.
Just some thoughts....
Football players receive plenty of head trauma -- do they get ALS?
We've all seen what happened to Muhammed Ali -- Parkinson's disease. Do boxers have higher incidences of ALS?
Soccer players recieve their headers on the hairline, which is a very specific impact point. Boxers take hits in may places, but typically NOT where a soccer ball is headed.
Football players receive plenty of head trauma -- do they get ALS?
We've all seen what happened to Muhammed Ali -- Parkinson's disease. Do boxers have higher incidences of ALS?
Soccer players recieve their headers on the hairline, which is a very specific impact point. Boxers take hits in may places, but typically NOT where a soccer ball is headed.
"I played soccer all my life, including as an adult for over 10 years at a high competitive level, approximately 30 matches a year, practices, etc."
"I always felt, the day after a match, like I had been beaten with a stick over every square inch of my body.'
Soccer, marathons and competitive bicycle riding may push the envelope a little too much for those who are really into it and are conditioned to perform at peak level several times a week.
Our youngest son is addicted to bicycle riding. He does over 10,000 miles per year while working 40 to 60 hours per week. He has basically zero body fat and his resting and active pulse rates are amazing low.
However, we have seen him several times reach what he calls his peak condition and get whacked a little later somehow by his immune system. It takes him a couple of months to recover. Then about a year later there is another attack by his body on him.
The last one scared him with a GI bleed, some anemia and feeling miserable for about two months.
There is a fine balance with some of these athletes and some severe problems where their bodies seem to attack them.