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Why Women Get Injured More Than Men (And How to Prevent It)

Morganne Aaberg Season 1 Episode 14

Injuries are a part of life and they’re almost unavoidable. But did you know women are more prone to certain injuries than men? In this episode, we talk about what injuries women are prone to, discuss theories on why this is the case,  talk about what you can do to prevent injury, strategies for working around an injury, and how to build resilience.

Timestamps
0:00 Introduction
2:20 Episode overview
2:47 Injuries can happen anywhere!
6:02 Common injures in woman athletes (Harvard Health provides a list, )
8:46 Why are some injuries more common for women? (Here's a 2018 article that talks about differences in bone structure and landing mechanics between men and women)
13:53 Preventing injuries 
27:27 What to do when you get injured 

Video of Katherine Switzer discussing what it was like to be the first woman to run the Boston Marathon in 1967. 

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