Brownian Motion Posted February 22, 2005 Report Posted February 22, 2005 Doctors See a Big Rise in Injuries for Young Athletes By BILL PENNINGTON Published: February 22, 2005 Around the country, doctors in pediatric sports medicine say it is as if they have happened upon a new childhood disease, and the cause is the overaggressive culture of organized youth sports. "They are overuse injuries pure and simple," Dr. James Andrews, a nationally prominent sports orthopedist, said. "You get a kid on the operating table and you say to yourself, 'It's impossible for a 13-year-old to have this kind of wear and tear.' We've got an epidemic going on." Typical injuries range from stress fractures, growth plate disorders, cracked kneecaps and frayed heel tendons to a back condition brought on by excessive flexing that causes one vertebra to slip forward over another vertebra. Most are injuries once seen only in adults. Full article Here: http://tinyurl.com/6ulxa Quote
GloriousBlues Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 Jeret Adair, 16, started 64 games one summer for his traveling baseball team. His coach was incredibly irresponsible. Youth leagues should impose limits on games and innings pitched. Quote
BERIGAN Posted February 23, 2005 Report Posted February 23, 2005 You see curve balls thrown by kids in little league, just about guaranteeing they will damage the soft bones in their arms.... Quote
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