Cheerleading has become a risky business in Canada, with hospitaltreated injuries among participants tripling over the last 20 years, a new study suggests. An NFL cheerleader is tended to after ...

Head injuries among cheerleaders declined after a 2012 rule change that banned the "double down" twisting dismount in stunts performed in high school and lower-level grades, a study showed. In recent ...

Pediatricians say cheerleading should be called a sport and subject to increased safety rules FILE - In this Sept. 9, 2011 file photo, a cheerleader from Nampa High School is thrown into the air as ...

Sophia Neylon, 21, has been in competitive cheer and acrobatics since the first grade and had been relatively injury-free until a tumbling run at the end of high school. “I landed a little funny and ...

Cheerleading has developed into a very disciplined and competitive sport. It incorporates much of the athletic demands of gymnastics but without mats. There has been a significant rise in injuries ...

High school cheer teams nationwide are reporting fewer lower-body injuries after adopting performance-supportive footwear. Athletic training records and budgets now show a trend toward cheer-specific ...

CHICAGO — Cheerleading isn't just jumping and waving pompoms — it has become as athletic and potentially as dangerous as a sport and should be designated one to improve safety, the nation's leading ...

WICHITA, Kan. (KWCH) - The Wichita State and Friends University cheer teams are preparing for the National Cheerleaders Association College Nationals in Daytona Beach, Fla. next week where the ...

A Wallington student's mother says the borough, school district and cheerleading coach's negligence are responsible for her daughter's injuries. The student was injured during cheerleading practice ...

Cheerleading has grown more popular, more competitive, more gymnastic -- and more dangerous. Cheerleading injuries have more than doubled since 1990, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission ...

Sophia Neylon has been in cheerleading since she was a small child. An injury near the end of high school sidelined her. Senate Republicans face a surprise new Fed dilemma Bruce Willis’ wife explains ...