BBC News have a helpful article on how to avoid getting an injury when watching football on the tv based on a factsheet provided by The Chartered Society of Physiotherapists [warning: very slow website]. It recommends “In a situation when you can reasonably anticipate a goal, prepare your body by getting up off the sofa carefully so that you are already standing and then you can jump up and down, instead of springing off the sofa”, as well as making sure food and drink are nearby to avoid incidents through “lunging”. It must be a slow news day!
