With the increasingly widespread popularity of resistance training across the globe, I believe it is inevitable for the frequency of training related injuries to spike and perpetuate over the next few years. In addition to that, this phenomenon will probably be exacerbated by the inadequacies of the alleged fitness "experts" that dwell in the squalors within the various fitness center chains that pervade throughout the health and well-being industry.
Injuries arise due to various reasons, and are usually shrugged off by trainers and go on unnoticed for years. People assume that pain is part of the process, and as the saying goes "no pain, no gain." Albeit within the resistance training scenario, the pain should constitute as soreness and nothing more. On the other hand, a sharp pain experienced in joints or a specific part of the body is most likely a sign of an injury. If that is the case, training should be stopped immediately to mitigate the potential injury. In fact, there is a specific principle that should be followed during the early stages of an injury :
Rest
Ice
Compression
Elevation
After the initial stage, a medical practitioner specializing in sports-related injuries should be consulted immediately to ensure your continual well being.
As much as I respect people whom spend hours in the gym a week to hone their body's musculature, at least don't be an idiot and overtrain or "cheat" with poor technique just to lift that extra pound. Always know your limits, and you can always live to fight another day.
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