So we cut a break for any normally productive player who suffered a sudden injury this season.

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For those not cognizant that there was roughly a year until the start of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Russia, a sudden injury to American World Cup alpine ski racer Lindsey Vonn served as an immediate reminder that the Sochi Games are quickly approaching.

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Whiplash is characterised by the NHS as a neck injury caused by a sudden movement of the head forwards, backwards or sideways.

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This is the diagnosis whereby caregivers are convicted of child abuse after babies die of sudden subdural brain bleeding and swelling with no evidence of external injury.

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Vey, who competes in track and field and shooting, had a leg amputated after an injury she suffered when a cargo plane had to take sudden evasive action.

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Sudden lower back pain years after epidural or spinal anesthesia is more likely to be caused by a recent injury, heavy lifting, poor posture or positioning (such as during sleep or while carrying a backpack), or stress on the bones or muscles.

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