Lowering The Risk Of High School Football Injuries Free PLR Article Football is a dangerous sport. Players endure bruising contact, long practices in hot weather and all sorts of unusual stresses and strains on their muscles, ligaments and the results of a full medical checkup. Be sure that the doctor knows that it is a sports physical so that he or she can check for the appropriate things like joint flexibility and heart health. After your child is cleared medically, then you can injury in any sport is maintaining proper conditioning through exercise and good nutrition. Ask your childs potential coach how conditioning is handled. Year-round conditioning is ideal, but barring that, children should participate in ...