Synthetic Turf Reduces Player Injury Rates Among Athletes - Sports

Today more and more local, high school, college and professional facilities are choosing synthetic turf for their athletic fields of play. As it becomes more commonplace, the virtues of synthetic sports grass made of artificial turf, i.e. long lasting durability, no maintenance, and cost effectiveness, are increasingly coming to the fore. As the industry leader in athletic field installation and construction, Southwest Greens would like to remind you of perhaps the most important benefit of all: a reduction in injury rates among athletes who play on artificial turf fields.Recent studies have shown that this is indeed the case, and the reduction in injuries can be traced to how synthetic turf is made. Synthetic turf is infilled with materials designed to reduce and absorb impact, reducing stress on joints and the amount of injuries and enhancing player safety overall. Synthetic fields tend to offer better traction and stability as well, meaning its usage in both practice an d game situations can in fact enhance player safety and reduce injuries overall.An NCAA study commissioned during the 2003-04 academic school year studied schools nationwide and compared injury rates between those that used natural turf and those that used synthetic turf. The study also took into account injury rates during practice and during actual games, and the results were as follows. The injury rate during practice sessions broke down at 4.4% on natural turf and only 3.5% on synthetic turf. The injury rate during games, 11.5% and natural turf and 11.4% on synthetic turf, was much closer but still showed synthetic turf to be safer.Southwest Greens Sports turf products provide a durable, high performance, low maintenance surface perfect for a host of sporting activities. We use only the highest grade synthetic turf featuring an advanced backing system that allows it to conform to any desired slopes or contours. This backing system also ensures maximum drainage and little to no moisture build-up. Best of all no mowing, watering, or fertilizing is required, rendering maintenance time and costs virtually obsolete.Extolling the virtues of synthetic athletic turf is easy because, well, there are simply plenty of them. In short it is durable, cost effective, environmentally sound, low maintenance, and most of all safer for the athletes that use it. Southwest Greens invites you to join the hundreds of parks, schools, colleges, and professional sports facilities who've made the switch to synthetic sports grass.

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