Xuan Son's injury story may be related to a condition that is not uncommon in the sports world: overload.

Overload and the potential for injury

For professional athletes, especially those participating in major tournaments, having to compete continuously, even almost every day, being overloaded is inevitable. Xuan Son is no exception. Before suffering a serious injury, Xuan Son had competed almost continuously, both at club level and the national team.

Every match requires extremely high physical and mental strength, especially in the final match – where the pressure and intensity of the competition is very high. The players always try their best, even forgetting the pain to contribute to the team. The doctor who operated on Xuan Son analyzed.

As a result, the player’s body becomes tired, muscles and joints gradually lose flexibility and become vulnerable. When the pressure of competition is too great, the organs and body parts do not have time to recover, leading to a state of overload. This is not a collision injury, but rather the process of overusing body parts without enough time to recover. It is in this state of potential overload that seemingly minor injuries can become serious.

Xuan Son seriously injured even without strong collision

According to Dr. Tran Trung Dung, who directly operated on Xuan Son, one of the special features of Xuan Son's injury is that although there was no strong impact, the player still suffered a fracture with very large bone fragments (3 cm and 7 cm). The cause was due to the body's overload.

When a player's body is overworked, the muscles and joints cannot withstand the pressure, and in an unexpected moment, a simple movement or a fall can cause a bone to break. Furthermore, the failure of body tissues to recover after a long period of activity can lead to bone weakness. In this case, even without a strong impact, when pressure is placed on the weakened bone, a complex fracture is more likely to occur.