Seconds Before Pain Sets In

Here is another picture showing how painful this could be. The face flatly hits the ground, and we can’t imagine how many wounds and cuts she got after this accident. She must have fallen from a pyramid or flying routine.

According to estimates from the Consumer Product Safety Commission, around 30,000 cheerleaders are treated in emergency rooms annually. The average age of those treated is 14.5. Unfortunately, some of these young athletes never fully recover from their injuries. Since the mid-’80s, the rate of ER visits from cheerleaders has tripled due to the increased complexity and difficulty of the stunts they attempt.