{"id":17062,"date":"2021-12-10T13:00:44","date_gmt":"2021-12-10T13:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/squad\/?p=17062"},"modified":"2021-12-10T13:00:44","modified_gmt":"2021-12-10T13:00:44","slug":"4-common-crossfit-injuries-to-be-aware-of","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/crossfit\/4-common-crossfit-injuries-to-be-aware-of\/","title":{"rendered":"4 Common CrossFit Injuries to be Aware Of"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CrossFit is an intense workout that has a ton of benefits to overall health and wellness. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">However, because of its intensity, <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov\/pmc\/articles\/PMC6505252\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">getting injured during CrossFit exercises<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is bound to happen if you are not careful.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Here are the 4 common <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/journals.humankinetics.com\/view\/journals\/jsr\/27\/3\/article-p295.xml\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CrossFit injuries<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you need to be aware of if you are doing CrossFit or thinking about doing CrossFit in the future:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>1. Tennis elbow<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tennis elbow is a common injury that people can experience with training. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It is the strain on the joint that comes from the overuse of ligaments and tendons in the elbow, and if you are experiencing pain in the elbow area, you need to rest it and apply ice for 20 minutes every two hours<br \/>\nto reduce swelling and pain.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>2. Anterior knee pain<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The knees can be very vulnerable when doing CrossFit. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The pain can be associated because of overuse and strain. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are not careful, you might even experience something worse, such as knee dislocation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you experience knee pain, you should rest and avoid putting pressure on your knees, especially if you are experiencing pain. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">For minor knee injuries, make sure to ice your knees and do stretches before working out to keep your knees limber.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>3. Lower back pain<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The CrossFit program can be very intense so it is normal to hurt your back due to overuse. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">CrossFit involves a lot of lifting, bending, and jumping. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These movements can put your lower back at risk of getting injured, so when you feel pain in your lower back, you need rest before getting back to training. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If the pain is something you cannot handle, you might need to see a doctor.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><strong>4. Rotator cuff tendonitis<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Heavy lifting is a significant part of the CrossFit program, and with that being said, the chances of<br \/>\nexperiencing rotator cuff tendonitis are high. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you do not want to experience this, stretch your shoulders regularly before doing heavy training activities, and always make sure you have enough rest.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CrossFit is an intense workout that has a ton of benefits to overall health and wellness. However, because of its intensity, getting injured during CrossFit exercises is bound to happen if you are not careful.\u00a0 Here are the 4 common CrossFit injuries you need to be aware of if you are doing CrossFit or thinking [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":17119,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[658],"tags":[632,1434],"class_list":["post-17062","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-crossfit","tag-crossfit","tag-crossfit-injuries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17062"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17062\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17062"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17062"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.healthymale.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17062"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}