Playing Rugby Can Become a Serious Pain in the Neck for Forwards to Tackle

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A study into the effect playing rugby has on neck and head movement, has found some professionals can only rotate their heads as little as whiplash patients or 70-year-olds. Forwards, subjected to scrums and the most physically demanding tackles in the sport, were not surprisingly found most likely to suffer restricted head movements.

But backs were also found to have limited head and neck movements after playing the sport.

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Playing Rugby Can Become a Serious Pain in the Neck for Forwards to Tackle

All of the players taking part in the research were in Welsh premier league rugby, and have played the sport for an average of 14 years.

As well as injuries potentially leaving players unable to move ...

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