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Concussions up but injuries down
Brisbane :: Australia | 3 months ago
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THE injury rate for AFL footballers dropped last year, with the games missed per club during the 2012 season at its lowest level since 2008. The league's annual injury survey, released today, reveals that quad and groin strains were at lower levels
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Scandal 'proves value of doctors'
Melbourne :: Australia | 3 months ago
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Essendon's sports science team bypassed the club's AFL-accredited medical staff and used at least one external doctor to assist in a supplements program at the centre of an anti-doping inquiry only reaffirm the integrity of club doctors. That is the
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AFL's war with sports scientists
Wangaratta :: Australia | 1 year ago
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Story continues below Added AFL chief executive Andrew Demetriou: ''It should be very clear at all clubs that where there is a medical issue the doctor has the final say.'' Demetriou's view is understood to come with a strong backing of the AFL
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Heading in the right direction, the rules already exist
Melbourne :: Australia | 2 years ago
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Story continues below Prior to this season, as we know, players have returned to the field on the same day as they have been concussed. Jordan Lewis did it after a terrifying clash with Jarrod Harbrow last year. A few weeks later, Jude Bolton came
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Head cases
Geelong :: Australia | 2 years ago
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Story continues below Club medicos will have a close eye on him today and football manager Neil Balme said there were hurdles to jump. ''If you want him to play, the AFL says you've got to put him in the team at 4.30 on Thursday,'' said Balme last
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AFL wakes up to good sleep
Melbourne :: Australia | 2 years ago
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Story continues below AFL Players Association spokesman Ben Hart told The Sunday Age clubs were now seeking help to improve players' sleeping patterns, with psychiatric consultants running classes...The classes have ''also armed players with a
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AFL to probe use of uppers, downers
Melbourne :: Australia | almost 3 years ago
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AFL and its club doctors are yet to heed the call of the World Anti-Doping Agency's president to stop dispensing caffeine tablets and sleeping pills to players. Ben Cousins' most recent hospitalisation due to his misuse of prescription drugs re-
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Players, AFL met last week over surface concerns
Sydney :: Australia | almost 3 years ago
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June 9, 2010 THE AFL Players' Association lodged concern about Etihad Stadium's surface with ground boss Ian Collins before Western Bulldog Shaun Higgins suffered an ankle injury that he and his club are linking to the venue's inconsistent turf. AFL,
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Shoulder injuries, speed of game: AFL looks for link
Sydney :: Australia | 3 years ago
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THE AFL has asked a leading surgeon and medical officers to investigate the link between more ferocious tackling and an increase in shoulder injuries. The AFL, concerned by the rise in shoulder injuries and highly conscious of the increase in both
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