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What will they have longer, their trophies or their injuries?
By Administrator | October 7, 2005
Excerpts from an article from Yale New Haven Hospital web site. (link to full article below)
Increase in adult-type injuries among children and adolescents
Unfortunately, increasing numbers of young children are becoming sports-specific and training year-round to compete at a competitive level of play, which puts them at risk for overuse injuries. In some cases, the damage is permanent, increasing the risk that the athletes – some of them as young as 9 – will suffer crippling arthritis or require extensive surgery as they get older.
Children should be encouraged to participate in sports at a level consistent with their abilities and interests. Pushing children beyond these limits is discouraged as is specialization in a single sport before adolescence.
American Academy of Orthopedic Surgeons launched a public service campaign in March to educate young athletes, parents, coaches and the media on how to prevent, treat and rehabilitate overuse injuries.
To read the whole article click here:
http://www.ynhh.org/healthlink/pediatrics/pediatrics_8_05.html
More evidence for the need to live a balanced life!
May God’s grace and peace be with you,
Mark Strohm, Jr.
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