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Weighing the Risks of Obesity
Regular physical activity reduces the risk of developing medical disorders linked to obesity. These three key points can help your child develop an overall sense of well-being.
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Making Healthy Choices on the Road
Eating on the road, especially during competition and tournaments, is important and takes extra pre-planning. The extra effort is worth it to make sure your young athlete has the proper fuel for optimal performance.
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How to Help Your Kids Beat the Heat
Heat stroke is ranked third in cause of death of U.S. high school athletes behind head and neck injuries and cardiac conditions. This becomes an even greater concern in younger athletes.
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Little League Elbow
Today, "little league elbow" includes injuries that are not only unique to the immature upper extremity, but also to the specific demands of sports like baseball, tennis, golf and gymnastics.
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How to Choose Running Shoes
Shoes that are chosen specifically for foot type and fitted properly can help keep athletes healthy and possibly prevent injuries such as shin splints and stress fractures.
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Are You Prepared for Your Sport?
As competitive levels increase in younger age groups it is the responsibility of parents and coaches to be knowledgeable in proper conditioning programs and to know when to rest athletes to prevent unnecessary and avoidable injuries.
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Breaking Stride
Fractures and dislocations are two of the more serious types of injuries that can occur during an athletic event. Early recognition and prompt medical treatment are extremely important with these injuries in athletes.
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Mouth Guards in Sports: A Necessary Piece of Equipment
Some experts recommend that mouthguards be worn by athletes in competitive and recreational sports in which impact, contact and collision are likely to occur.
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Promoting Youth Fitness
Youth fitness has steadily declined over the past decade and childhood obesity is at an all time high. Here are some ideas to help empower the kids to make good activity choices.
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Why Does My Knee Hurt?
One thing that all of these causes of anterior knee pain have in common is that they are usually overuse injuries and can be treated and prevented without surgery.