Want to get the most out of your next workout? Plan to show up well-rested, well-hydrated, energized and having time for a dynamic warm-up. Read on to learn how to build that practical plan for best pre-workout for teenage athletes to help maximize performance and results. Show up...

They can be hard to understand, hard to suspect, and have unpredictable healing times. WHAT ARE BONE STRESS INJURIES? In describing bone stress injuries to patients, I often use the analogy of bending my pen while bored in class one day. If I just start trying to...

Delayed Puberty is a common concern for young people and their parents. ActiveKidMD thanks UC Irvine/Children's Hospital of Orange County Pediatric Resident Michael Peyton for his expertise on the topic. Read on to learn more about delayed puberty and if you or your child should be concerned...

When Volleyballmag.com asked me to write on volleyball jump training, I jumped at the opportunity. I'll apologize about the pun- but won't apologize about wanting to cover this important topic the right way. I started off by wanting to find solid answers to the following questions: [caption id="attachment_16757"...

The new sports physical forms are shorter! The new sports physical forms are shorter! Yes, there is much joy in the sports medicine world.   I helped develop national guidelines that include the new forms and indeed, we heard the call to make the forms shorter. As an American...

If you have knee pain with sports or dance, most people tend to focus blame only at the knee. However, failing to blame your butt may be failure to fully help heal your knee pain. While some may chuckle at the mention of butt, poor buttock and...

Just put together an updated talk on ACL Injury in children where the news isn't all good. Yes, we're pretty capable of getting kids back to sport (80% success rate). However, we're not very capable of preventing an all too common risk of early joint destruction or...