The Problem of Pain: W5
Catalogue Number: CTV840
Producer: CTV
Subject: Current Events, Documentary, Guidance, Health and Medicine, Psychology, Social Issues, Social Sciences, Sports
Language: English
Grade Level: 9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin: Canada
Copyright Year: 2020
Running Time: 20:00
From a young age, hockey players have been taught to play through pain and push themselves to the limit. A TSN investigation examines the use of painkillers by professional hockey players and speak with some of them about their fears over the drugs' potential long-term side effects.
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