HUTCHINSON, Kan. (KWCH/Gray News) - A high school cheerleader is at Children’s Mercy Hospital in Kansas City, Missouri, after suffering head and spinal injuries at practice. The reported accident ...

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 ...

Cheerleading showed 1.05 injuries per 1,000 athletic exposures, nearly half the average sports rate of 2.03 per 1,000 AE and lower than eight other girls’ sports. Emergency Room Visits Declined ...

WATERLOO - As the East High School football team screamed into Memorial Stadium, the Trojan cheerleaders led a similar assault down the side of the field. Co-captain Lexxi Forness sprinted ahead of ...

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 ...