Heart Disease Doesn't Care if You're an Athlete

It is a common misconception that athletes are immune to illness because they keep themselves in such excellent physical shape. Unfortunately, health and fitness are not always synonymous. Just as an athlete is not immune to injury, anxiety, high body fat and other unhealthy conditions (1), a professional athlete can't show their player card and by-pass a heart attack. Heart disease doesn't discriminate. In fact, it is the second-leading cause of disability in Canada.(2)

The effects of heart failure or heart disease can be devastating for an athlete, because unlike someone with an office job, a professional athlete's career relies heavily on their physical condition. Professional athletes often think that a career-ending disability, if it is going to happen to them, will be during a game. As a Professional Sports insurer for over 40 years, we know that more often than not, careers are ended as a result of illness rather than injury. That's why 24 hour protection is so important.

Sutton Special Risk's Professional Sports insurance provides 24/7 protection from any career ending injury or illness - in and out of sport. Our Professional Sports coverage pays a lump sum benefit if the insured person is unable to participate in their own occupation ever again as a result of bodily injury, sickness or disease.

To learn more about the Sutton Special Risk Professional Sports plan, contact:

Christian Hanson
chanson@suttonspecialrisk.com
412.995.0042.

1 Dr. Phil Maffetone (2015). When Athletes Have Heart Attacks
2 Minister of Health (2017). Heart Disease in Canada.