New Data on Kids and Sports Injuries
New data from the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) shows that 40 percent of all emergency room visits for children ages 5 to 14 are for serious sports-related injuries, causing doctors and coaches to believe that child sports injuries are on the rise.
Medical professionals cite little time off and multiple sports as contributing to the rising rate of child sports injury. And surgical intervention might be hurting -- ACL and other surgery could affect "growth plates" in a child's body, which leads to problems growing and soft tissue disorders.
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