Does muay thai lead to arthritis and crippled limbs later in life?

i was going to start muay thai until i heard about this.....now i think im just gonna stick with boxing|||only if your doing it right..your better off sticking with boxing in my opinion. Its one of the most effective forms os striking that there is|||It honestly depends man. Of course there is a chance t will but there is a chance it wont. If you are looking to get into muay thai to be a fighter for many years, then there is a chance you may get arthritis. But if you just want to train in muay thai and maybe have a couple of fights (where i live the first five fights you wear shin guards) you have nothing to worry about.|||its your decision if you want to fight or not you know??? like you dont really need to fight....|||I think that happons to fighters in Thailand because fighting is their livelyhood there and they have fights every other day and are still fighting way after their age has caught up to them





Ofcource with a full contact art you are going to have a higher chance of injury but i think this is where the rumor comes from, or maybe someone just told you that to scare you or something|||There more reported death in the sports of Boxing than Muay Thai. Injuries to the knee, shin and ribs are the most common in any full contact martial arts. Falls can cause injuries but not as fatal, but brain injuries are by far the most dangerous.





Here%26#039;s a study I kept in my files and thought you might enjoy them. This written by several doctors and if you I can email you all their preferences.





Head injuries are a substantial risk. In one study, for instance, 57% of participants in tae kwon do had experienced some form of head injury. This could range from mild concussion to intracranial bleeds.





Case reports of internal carotid artery dissection, stroke, aphasia (loss of speech from brain lesion), hemiplegia and ophthalmic trauma resulting in loss of vision, appear frequently in the literature of the past ten years.





A survey of four mixed martial arts tournaments over a four-month period revealed 103 episodes of cervical neck injury in 427 respondents. Five cases required hospitalisation and resulted in neurological deficit.





The researchers found that the motion and forces applied to the cervical spine were characteristic of whiplash produced by vehicle impacts.





The risk of cervical neck injury, from mild whiplash to quadriplegia is high in all forms of martial arts, caused by situations such as hyper-flexion of the cervical spine on landing on the mat; or lateral flexion of the cervical spine and forced shoulder depression, resulting in a traction injury to the brachial plexus and soft-tissue injury to the paraspinal muscles.





If a regular martial arts participant complains of generalised, inexplicable arm pain, it should be taken seriously as a possible presentation of Paget-Schroetter syndrome(12). This condition, also known as 鈥榚ffort thrombosis鈥? occurs in athletes who undertake repetitive arm movements. The pressure of the repeated action can cause blood clots in the auxiliary veins under the clavicle, producing thrombosis, pulmonary hypertension and pulmonary embolism.





It is hard to diagnose this serious condition as symptoms may be few and generalised until a pulmonary embolism has occurred, and those affected tend to be young and otherwise healthy.





There may be signs of venous obstruction such as pain, swelling and bluish discoloration. If suspected, the fighter needs urgent hospital attention for clot-busting treatment 鈥?and this is likely to end their athletic career.|||Boxing leads to brain damage later in life, take your pick.|||It does if you fight like they do in Thailand (about every 2 weeks) for over 10 years.





Muay thai training when done properly does NOT lead to crippled limbs and arthritis.|||Dude its a combat sport where you get kicked in the head , and below the belt , its not a tickling competition. Boxing will can also lead to arthritis and crippling injuries later in life , welcome to the world of full contact fighting man.