football and health

Doctissimo: What are the cons-indications to the practice of football?

FootballDr Lienard: There are no major cons-indication. Football is a sport accessible to all. It does not require any special physical qualities: one can always find a degree of practice corresponding to his athletics. There are, in fact, one against-medical indication: the monophtalmie (that is to say the failure to see with one eye), so as not to run the risk of valid eye.

Doctissimo: What are the health benefits related to football?

Dr Liénard: The endurance work improves cardiac and respiratory functions. Speed ​​and stretching exercises improve muscle function. Moreover, even if football was regarded as "a sport of penguins" A few years ago, the preparation is now more comprehensive and included senior members.

Doctissimo: What are the most common injuries?

Dr Liénard: It produces three main types of accidents: the muscle injuries, joint injuries and ankle sprains. Muscle injuries are favored by insufficient heating. Articular accidents primarily concern the knee. They occur depending on the intensity of the football. We meet two types of knee injuries: meniscal lesions and cruciate ligament damage. Finally, there may be ankle sprains. For ten to fifteen years, it seems less and less of pubic pain, that is to say, muscle pain at the root of the thighs or the lower abdomen. This is due to the development of the practice of stretching. Note that football is not a sport to failure, that is to say, it does not cause heart or respiratory failure.

Doctissimo: What are the age limits?

Dr Liénard: There is no lower age limit. If the morphological development of the child is normal, there is no indication against. Until 10 or 12 years, shape game fun football must be prevalent, the competition coming next. There is no upper age limit. Beyond 45-50 years, it is nevertheless necessary to verify the proper functioning of the heart muscle. Anyway, the compulsory annual medical examination must be practiced seriously. Of course, muscle and joint problems are becoming more common with age.