crippling injury

We'll never know how much more he could've achieved without those crippling injuries.

This season was not very old before, like always, teams began suffering crippling injuries.

While in Vietnam, he received a crippling injury to his right knee.

Thousands of others who suffered crippling injuries would have been less seriously hurt.

His only objective was to survive the interrogation without a crippling injury.

Crippling injury or death was certain, in every match.

The horse's lower leg was bruised but, with care, it wouldn't be a crippling injury.

About half of those injured do not have health insurance, state officials say, and many have crippling injuries.

Sterling had developed a condition in his neck that left him vulnerable to crippling injury.

That was the surest path to a crippling injury, maybe even suicide.

Personal effects of battle range from mild psychological issues to permanent and crippling injuries.

Two years ago Taylor didn't miss a game despite a pulled hamstring muscle, usually a crippling injury.

More than ever, the hamstring has emerged as one of sports' most dreaded and crippling injuries.

Trainers probed and decided it was a blow to the knee, not a crippling injury.

Somehow or other, the old Islanders escaped crippling injuries.

Within seconds he picked up some crippling injury.

Some crippling injuries, even if not life-threatening, may be elevated in priority based on the available capabilities.

Only the armor saved her from crippling injury.

The individual warrior could thus count on temporary relief, rather than endless fighting until death or crippling injury.

The fishermen are also susceptible to crippling injuries caused by working with heavy machinery and gear.

But a torn Achilles' tendon is a crippling injury.

He stared silently at the terrible crippling injuries.

Then they had watched two magnificently alive young people fall, if not to certain death, at least to maiming, crippling injury.

It took tremendous courage for Roebuck to fight back from his crippling injury, but there is a further chapter to the story.

Moreover, several unions are campaigning against work practices that they say cause crippling injuries from repetitive motions.