Gym injury costs jump to $72m, rising three times faster than claims
Anna* was 57 when she broke her wrist in a gym class. She is the kind of claimant ACC is seeing more of, and her injury is the kind of gym injury that is driving costs up far faster than the number of claims. Cecile Meier reports.

It was a strength class at a small independent gym in late 2025. The exercise was a box jump: leaping from the floor onto a raised platform. Anna had do … ⌘ Read more