Gathering Info- Notes #1

  Schmid, Pam. "Playing in Pain." Star Tribune (Minneapolis, MN). Jan. 15 2006:

          A1+. SIRS Researcher. Web. 19 Sep 2010.



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·         Many adults say that overuse injuries are plaguing many teen athletes.

·         Sports injuries are occurring more often to kids as young as the age of 8 or 9.

·         “In 2003, more than3.5 million children younger than 15 required medical treatment for sports injuries, according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commissions.”

·         In Minnesota four out of ten families have children that suffered from sports injuries; one-third missed school; one in ten parents cited injury as the reason their child quit a sport.

·          Doctors are saying that most injuries are for doing too much too soon and the repercussions can sometimes be permanent.

·         Some kids are pressured by parents or coaches to start a club sport early and specialize in a single sport.

·         Some 6 and 7 year olds have already chosen to play only one sport; some club and traveling teams overlap one another’s seasons; some club teams are asking kids to cram more games into longer seasons.

·         “Some kids opt to specialize--and resist taking time off--to earn a scholarship. But often it's others who drive the one-sport trend.” 

·         Doctors say that a little ice and rest can cure a nagging overuse injuries but kids, coaches, and parents don’t want to hear it.

·         In Minnesota a survey showed that knee injuries jumped 5.8 among girls and 2.8 among guys in a year.

·         Some ways to prevent injuries are limit practice nights, coaches should treat kids individually, kids should play a variety of sports, and coaches should look for injuries in kids.