Research on What Causes Frequent Injuries?

Definitely concur. Pretty much every lifting injury, even the “acute” ones, are still overuse injuries. Acute injuries like disc herniation, pec tendon tears and rotator cuff tendon tears generally all result from repeated overload of the relevant tissue without adequate recovery. Muscle strains and ruptures can often be attributed to failure to develop sufficient strength and size in the relevant muscles. Other common complaints like elbow and knee pain are pretty much all overuse injuries.

The common theme here is lifters who “suddenly” get injured probably had the injury a long time coming, or did something stupid that lead to them getting injured like an obviously-too-heavy attempt

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