WAG Which event is the one with the highest/lowest risk of injury?

[pumpkinpie]

I have absolutely now idea about this.

Which event is the one with the highest risk of acute injury?
Which even is the one with the highest risk of overuse injury?
Which event is the most unhealthy for the human body?

I am asking because we have a very old gymnast at our gym who is a hero at bars. He told me that after competing Level6 he just did bars, because it was the "healthiest". It's not bad for your joints or bones, because there is no bouncing or high impact on them, and there is no hyperextension of the wrists, so overuse injuries from bars are rare.
You can get injuries if you fall off, of course, but he was talking from the health aspect.
He also said, you need the most strength on bars compared to the other events, which keeps you very strong, and this, of course, prevents injuries.

I really can't tell if this is true or not, so I am curious of what you think!

 

[Deleted member D3987]

1. vault
2. beam
3. none

 

[profmom]

We also have a retired very successful gymnast hanging around our gym, and the things he can do on high bar are unbelievable. I wouldn't have thought a one-armed giant pirouette would be humanly possible. All of the boys, including my son, want to be him when they grow up. But I've never seen him tumble, not even on the tumbl trak.