No matter how much young athletes love their sport, they remain vulnerable to mental health and well-being problems if they ...

Injuries are an unfortunate part of all that comes with high school football, but doctors here in Western Pennsylvania have ...

From elementary school playgrounds to varsity athletic fields, staying active offers tremendous benefits for students' physical and mental well-being. By focusing on conditioning, proper technique, ...

An orthopedic surgeon who worked with the New York Mets explains why early specialization in youth sports raises ACL injury ...

A study conducted by Emory Sports Medicine physician Neeru Jayanthi, MD, recommends that young athletes should not specialize in sports before age 12, train more hours per week then their age, and ...

More and more children today play intense competitive sports. They need experts who know how to treat sports injuries—and how to care for kids. Our team includes pediatric sports medicine doctors, ...

As an orthopaedic surgeon specializing in sports medicine, Dr. Brian Brislin considers himself a sort of “last line” of defense when it comes to athletic injuries. Athletes may see an athletic trainer ...

CHRISTUS Health Shreveport-Bossier is scheduling a 12-week Saturday Sports Injury Clinic from August 29 to November 14 to provide student-athletes with orthopedic evaluations, emergency services, and ...

For young athletes, sport should be fun first. Importantly, this does not mean that sport cannot also be competitive. And it certainly does not mean kids should not work hard, care deeply, or want to ...

What the researchers found actually predicts greatness is early multidisciplinary practice, meaning lots of different sports. The researchers found a benefit in what they called "deliberate play," ...