Serious injuries skyrocket as performers take to the air
(NEWSER) - American high school and college cheerleaders are losing teeth, breaking backs and becoming paralyzed in increasingly dangerous stunts that agonized parents and experts say should be stopped. "I didn't know that they were throwing her up in the air. Why would the school allow that?" asked one stunned Los Angeles father, whose daughter has been unable to move or speak since a high school cheerleading accident two years ago. Cheerleading injuries ending in trips to emergency rooms have increased almost sixfold since 1980, to nearly 30,000 last year. More»
