Muscles, Joints & Bones

Sports Injuries: Treat The Whole Person, Study Says

The benefits of sports for adolescent boys and girls are well known. Less understood are the short- and long-term effects of sports injuries on a teen athlete's psychological and social life. A new study in the Journal of Athletic Training provides some clues and advocates a whole person approach to injury management.

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Child's Ability To Heal Quickly From Sports Injuries: A Mixed Blessing?

The ability of kids to heal faster from sports injuries than adults is a mixed blessing with pluses and minuses.  it is important to let an injury fully heal before a child is allowed to return to play; playing hurt increases the risk of future injury and permanent disability.
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Hamstring Injury Treatment

The hamstring muscles play a critical role in nearly every sport because they are the muscles an athlete uses to increase speed and make quick changes in direction. Injuring a hamstring muscle can be very debilitating and should be taken very seriously, particularly in children.
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Recurring Shoulder Dislocations: New Repair Technique Helps

The shoulder is the most commonly dislocated joint in the human body, occurring most often in youth athletes, particularly wrestlers.  For some patients, standard stability-restoring procedures are ineffective.  New research from the University of Michigan shows patients who have recurrent shoulder dislocations may benefit from surgical reconstruction using cadaver bone and cartilage to essentially ‘sculpt' a new shoulder.
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Specialization: Too Much Sports … or Too Much Sport?

11/13/2009 - 19:08

In the face of the growing epidemic of overuse injuries in youth sports, sports parents are often given two different kinds of advice: to make sure that their kids don't play sports all the time (too much sports) and to make sure their child isn't playing a single sport too much (too much sport).

Balance and variety is best

In considering what "too much sports" and "too much sport" mean it is helpful to use real-world examples.

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Heel Pain in Youth Athletes: Warning Signs

Heel pain occurs frequently in children ages 6 to 14 as their feet grow and the heel bone develops.The American College of Foot and Ankle Surgeons advises parents that when their child complains of heel pain, it should be diagnosed promptly because it may be a warning sign of a serious foot problem.
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Warm-Up Exercises Reduce Female ACL Injury Risk: Study

Following a specially-designed warm-up regimen before sports measurably improves muscle strength and flexibility and corrects biomechanical imbalances blamed for the epidemic of anterior cruciate injuries among female athletes, says a new study of high school basketball players published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine.                                                           

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Answer To Winter Conditioning For Pitchers?

08/29/2009 - 13:52

I'm real big on conditioning during the winter especially when it comes to pitching. With homework, shorter days, cooler temps it gets harder to get in the soft toss especially when making the transition from the independent competitive ball team to the HS team. We all know that muscle memory and proper strengthening/conditioning in the shoulder/arm is vital for a pitcher in order to avoid injury and be successful.

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Don't Delay ACL Reconstruction, Experts Say

A new study provides strong evidence that a young athlete delaying reconstructive surgery to repair a torn anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) is at increased risk of irreparable damage to other structures in the knee.
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Early Specialization: Resist Pressure From Coaches

Coaches who concentrate on the well-being of their young athletes encourage them to cross-train and enjoy other activities during parts of the year, not threaten them with the loss of a place on the team if they don't drop other sports.
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