2012 brings both the Olympics and BAOMS to London. With the countdown to the London
Olympics underway, sport is once again back high on the nation's agenda. One of the
five legacy promises of the previous Government was in fact a commitment to help at
least two million people in England to be more active by 2012. As the number of participants
in sporting activity rises, it is also anticipated that the numbers of sports-related
injuries seen will also naturally increase. Approximately 11–40% of all sporting injuries
involve the face, with reports of nearly a quarter of all facial injuries being sports-related.
A review of the literature has shown little evidence regarding optimum time of return
to sport, both for training and competition purposes.
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