Although there are definitely lots of things you can do to prevent injuries, they cannot be completely eliminated and remain part of all sports.
Besides the physical pain that comes with every injury, there are also implications on several different levels at which the athlete is affected.
Losing playing time and not being able to train together with the rest of the team are definitely frustrating.
Athletic trainers, sports physicians, sports psychologists and the injured athletes will all agree that the best thing to do is keep the injured athlete as physically active as their injury allows.
And, fortunately, there are efficient ways to train while recovering from an injury.
Let's take a knee injury, for example.
Knee pain is common among runners and in some cases it can get so bad that it makes it impossible for the athlete to run.
But other than one of his knees hurting terribly, the athlete is in a good shape and ready to train.
By taking some time off for the knee to recover, the overall fitness level of the athlete will obviously decrease and all his other healthy parts of the body will experience a drawback by not being worked out.
The solution is to do differential training, which consists of working out the healthy muscles and parts of the body, while giving the injured knee (in our case) time to recover.
This way, the injured athlete can maintain his/her overall good fitness level and once the injury is healed, he/she will be ready to go back to their regular activity and pick it up where they were before the injury occurred.
One great exerciser that can help injured athletes get differential training while recovering from injuries is the GlideCycle.
It is a low-impact trainer that gives the athlete the opportunity to get great cardio/aerobic fitness level and workout their healthy leg, without putting pressure on the injured leg.