NFL players are more worried about knee injuries than concussions, and recent data suggests that their concerns may not be unfounded.An infographic by Simple Therapy via <a title="" href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/01/23/chart-every-nfl-injury_n_4651293.html?utm_hp_ref=sports" type="">the Huffington Post</a> details every injury reported this season up to Jan. 14. The knee was the most common culprit of the more than 1,300 injuries, consisting of 22.4 percent with 294 reported cases. Ankle injuries were next, with 201 reports, or 15.3 percent. 93 head injuries were reported, making up 7.1 percent.

What's Really Causing Knee Injuries in Football?

Head injuries may have generated the most headlines, but they were hardly the most frequent type of injury suffered by NFL players this year.That distinction belonged to knee injuries, which accounted for 22.3% of the more than 1,300 injuries players incurred on the field, according to an analysis of NFL injury data by SimpleTherapy, an online home exercise therapy service.During the regular season and through the postseason so far, ankles haven't fared much better. They accounted for 15.3% of all injuries. All told, lower-body injuries accounted for 63% of all injuries, while head injuries accounted for just 7.1%.

In the NFL, Which Body Part Gets Hurt the Most?

As we suspected, playing professional football is a pain in the everything.<a href="http://www.simpletherapy.com/" target="_hplink">SimpleTherapy's</a> Dr. Nic Gay, an orthopedist based in Oakland, Calif., delved into a world of hurt by charting every reported NFL injury up to Jan. 14 in the 2013-14 season. That's more than 1,300 published by the league.Knee injuries were the most common, taking up 22.4 percent of the injuries, followed by ankle at 15.3 percent, according to the infographic below.

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