Extreme sports is a sub-category of sports than are described as any kind of sport ‘of a character or kind farthest removed from the ordinary or average’. These kinds of sports often carry out the potential risk of serious and permanent physical injury and even death. However, these sports also have the potential to produce drastic benefits on mental and physical health.
Health is an individual's state of mental and physical well-being in which they are maximising their daily potential. It is divided into two main categories: mental and physical.
Mental health is a cognitive state of well-being, in this state the individual is aware of his or how own potential and is able to; cope with stresses of normal life and work productively, as well as willing to give their contribution to his or her community in a beneficial way.
Physical health can be defined as a state of complete physical well-being in which an individual is mechanically fit to perform their daily activities and duties without any problem.
Extreme sports trigger the release of the hormone adrenaline. This is a very powerful hormone as it can cause human beings to perform tremendous stunts of many sorts, however with a bad mix of other hormone can lead to people execute terrible actions. It is believed that the implementation of extreme sports on mental health patients improves their perspective and recognition of aspects of life.
Airsoft
Aggressive inline
BMX
BASE jumping
Bodyboarding
Bungee jumping
Cave diving
Caving
Extreme ironing
Formula 1
Freediving
Freeflying
Freestyle scootering
Freeskiing
Flowriding
Gliding
Hang gliding
Ice climbing
Ice canoeing
Kitesurfing
Land windsurfing
Longboarding
Motocross
Mountain biking
Mountaineering
Mountainboarding
Paintball
Paragliding
Parkour
Powerbocking
Rallying
Rafting
Rock climbing
Roller derby
Sandboarding
Scuba diving
Skateboarding
Skydiving
Skimboarding
Slacklining and variations thereof (chief among them highlining)
Snowboarding
Snowmobile
Snowskating
Snow skiing
Street luge
Street workout
Surfing
Wakeboarding
Waveski
Whitewater kayaking
Windsurfing
Wingsuit flying
Xpogo
Wound, an injury in which skin is torn, cut or punctured (an open wound), or where blunt force trauma causes a contusion (a closed wound). In pathology, it specifically refers to a sharp injury which damages the dermis of the skin.
Brain injury
Acquired brain injury
Coup contrecoup injury
Diffuse axonal injury
Frontal lobe injury
Nerve injury
Spinal cord injury
Brachial plexus injury
Peripheral nerve injury
Sciatic nerve injury
Injury of axillary nerve
Soft tissue injury
Cell damage, including direct DNA damage
Lisfranc injury
Tracheobronchial injury
Eye injury
Chemical eye injury
Eye injuries during general anaesthesia
Acute kidney injury
Knee injury
Anterior cruciate ligament injury
Medial knee injuries
Back injury
Hand injury
Liver injury
Head injury
Penetrating head injury
Closed head injury
Musculoskeletal injury
Articular cartilage injuries
Acute lung injury
Pancreatic injury
Thoracic aorta injury
Biliary injury
Chest injury
