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No doubt athletes get injured all the time. Some of these injuries are minor such as a sprained ankle, but other injuries can be quite substantial causing serious injuries, disability, and death.  Sports injuries can broaden into various fields.  If you watch the TV show Dancing With The Stars and the show. So You Think You Can Dance, you will have noticed that even dancers are subject to ankle and hip injuries. The importance of health insurance coverage, personal injury liability insurance, and more is crucial for keeping these shows in operation.

What is to be noted as well is that because we all know that participating in any kind of sport has becomes a risk, sports players or participants in a sport even as seemingly innocuous as dancing is a risk. People who participate in these activities are said to have given their consent to level of risk involved.  In other word, they may not be covered for their injuries and their health care needs are in jeopardy.

That is in and of itself a hard pill to swallow.  You agree to dance, where did it it become necessary sign on the dotted line saying you agree to sustain injuries at your own risk? While the courts battle out what claims will be honored and which ones won’t; the bottom line still remains that individuals should carry health insurance to protect themselves against injuries sustained while participating in a sport; even one such as dancing, which is not generally looked upon as a sport in the first place.

In America, it would be foolhardy not to be responsible for our own health care.  One never knows when a sport related injury will occur.  We do not have to be a professional athlete to sustain injuries just going through the process of daily living can present some situations where accidents can occur. Of course, walking down the stairs and falling and would not be considered a sport’s injury. If the property belonged to someone else and you fell because the pathway was obstructed, that is a personal injury, which you can claim from the property owner’s insurance company, but it is not a sports injury. There are other situations; however, which would be considered a sports injury.

You do not have to be a professional or semi professional athlete to sustain injuries and be able to make a personal injury claim.  Health care coverage is important for professional and amateur alike.  These situations would include:  Team sports, motivation and team building exercises, exercise classes in community centers, swimming, injuries sustained in fitness clubs and gymnasiums, injuries sustained in military training exercises, and in school and university physical education classes.

The list does not stop there as you also can include motor sports of any kind including car racings boating and off terrain vehicle sporting, winter activities such as skiing, skating, snow shoeing and skidoo riding, and other outdoor summer activities such as horseback riding, bicycling, hiking, and climbing.  The potential list for places and activities is endless.

It is important to note that physical injuries sustained through normal playing of a sport may not be eligible for claim by most health insurance companies. Neither are errors in judgment on the part of the player, which led to the injury, such as not wearing proper protective gear. However there are still exceptions where claims can be made.

You will be entitled to claim if your injury was caused by a dangerous defect on the surface that you are playing on, such as a tile missing that caused you to fall or trip, and a stage that is warped and caused an injury while you performed your dance, or exercise. If the equipment you needed to use was defective such as when a child injured on a broken swing or trampoline this too can be considered a legitimate claim.

Negligence on the part of a referee, coach, or team instructor did to insure player’s safety could be cause for a legitimate health insurance claim.   You can also file a claim if: the instructor gave incorrect instructions on how to carry out the activity resulting in an injury, if there was little or no supervision in a public sport, if the players were rough and caused the injury and the facility or the equipment was not maintained. An example of the latter might to be running in the school gymnasium and tripping over a ball that should not have been there or a piece of paper on the floor and so on.

Make sure you are covered and avoid the hassles when sporting establishments refuse to compensate forcing you to pay out of pocket for health care expenses.