More reasons why Crossfit gets a bad rap… people who don’t do their research are making unsubstantiated claims about risk and injury. This time it’s Outside Magazine and a lazy researcher at the American College of Sports Medicine. Completely Bogus!
Outside Magazine sites research that the author of the study can’t back, and the lead data collector agrees there were issues with the study.
“This data is inaccurate. Those individuals were not injured, and that wasn’t the reason they didn’t test out. To me this questions the validity of the research.”
That’s a direct quote from the person who volunteered to collect the data for Dr. Smith for the study. Sounds like the doctor was super thorough, right?
The Outside Magazine article can be found here and the follow up questions about the supposed “study” at the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA) can be found here.
I’d like to see a cross reference of the number of “athletic injuries” associated with runners around the US and what the percentage is, compared to the percentage of “Crossfit related” injuries and see how they compare. I would bet the running injuries are higher.
It’s athletics, it’s a sport. Of course you’re going to see more “Crossfit related” injuries when more people are participating in it.
If nobody played football last year. There would be no football related injuries. Right?
And if this year we all played football, wouldn’t there be a spike in “football related” injuries?
I guarantee there are more neck and thumb related injuries due to smart phone and tablet usage than there was five years ago… hmmm I wonder why that is?????
You don’t really get to the real meat of the Outside Magazine article until you get to the last couple of paragraphs. (They do that on purpose, it’s called sensationalism).
Emily Carothers, of Maple Valley, Washington, who finished 23rd at this summer’s games says, “I’ve been doing CrossFit for three and a half years, and I’ve only had one injury, to my hip,” she says. “When I was in college, I had nine surgeries in four years. As far as sports are concerned, CrossFit looks pretty good.”
She also says good form and technique are extremely important along with rest and recovery. Oh, by the way, the Crossfit founder, Greg Glassman says that too. No surprise.
Listen to your coaches. If you’re in a really good box, they’ll know when to push you, and when to tell you to back off, for your own safety and well-being.
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