(Investigatetv) – Sports programs for young people are an opportunity for children to learn new skills while promoting teamwork and discipline.
According to the Nationwide Children’s Hospital, there are more than 45 million of these programs across the country.
The competitive game comes the risk of injury. Each year, around 3 million children find themselves in the emergency room for an injury related to sport, making it the second cause of ER visits to children.
Experts tell us the most common injuries they see include sprains, fractures and concussions.
However, there is another type of injury that draws more attention to the arena of sports medicine. It’s called to be out of the way.
Overputization is the repeated stress of a bone, a muscle, a tendon or a ligament, often caused by overtraining. Without treatment, it can worsen over time.
This has researchers in sports medicine across the country in search of new ways not only to treat injuries, but to prevent them.
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