The Importance of Injury Prevention in Sport From The Feet Up

Sport is woven into our Australian culture, but it also comes with a cost. Here are the facts: Just over 62 100 sports‑injury hospitalisations were recorded in Australia in 2023 to 24, with males accounting for about 70 % of all cases [1]. Rates peak in adolescence; males aged 15 -19 years experienced around 890 hospitalisations per 100 000 population, compared with about 300 per 100 000 for females [2].