With Fall High School Football Season Set To Begin, Potential For Injuries A Big Concern

From CBS Denver:

By Conor McCue

September 24, 2020

DENVER (CBS4) – For the nearly 80% of Colorado high schools choosing to play fall football, practice officially starts Thursday, with the first games scheduled about two weeks later. Injuries typically come with the sport, but this season there’s some added concern because of what’s happening at the pro level.

When it comes to injuries, it’s been a rough start to the NFL season. Within the first two weeks of the season, countless players have been injured, including big names like Saquon Barkley and Michael Thomas. In Denver, the list of injured Broncos has also continued to stack up.

“I think it’s the absence of all the preseason and offseason conditioning, and then the lack of preseason games where people see real, live full-intensity action,” said Dr. Martin Boublik, Denver Broncos head team physician and orthopedic surgeon at UCHealth Steadman Hawkins Clinic Denver.

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