Meeting the 18 weeks maximum for waiting in the NHS with an average of 9 weeks from the door of the GP to the door of the operating theatre.

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Indeed, a 2005 study of players in Turkish soccer found that of the 152 it tracked over two seasons, nine were injured during goal celebrations with an average layoff of five weeks.

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