Common Soccer Knee Injuries and How to Prevent Them

Common Soccer Knee Injuries and How to Prevent Them

It should be no surprise that the majority of injuries seen in soccer players involve the lower body.Unless you are a goalkeeper, the main movements include using the legs to kick, jump, run and do slide tackles.Knees are central to all this movement, and as players...
Soccer Safety

Soccer Safety

Just like winning takes a full team effort, soccer safety needs players, coaches, officials and families all working together to keep kids safe. Let’s take a look at how to keep players safe before taking the field, while on the field as well as what...
Bone Stress Injuries

Bone Stress Injuries

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 bend...
ACL Injury: How a few minutes a week can prevent years of tears

ACL Injury: How a few minutes a week can prevent years of tears

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...
Concussion Sleep Problems: Sleep Better to Feel Better

Concussion Sleep Problems: Sleep Better to Feel Better

There is no doubt that concussion sleep problems can make a difficult injury even more miserable.Reports and experience find that poor sleep is linked with increased symptoms and longer recoveries.Too much sleep that limits sensible daily activity can also slow...
Sports Schedules: Is There a Safer Peak Number of Hours Per Week?

Sports Schedules: Is There a Safer Peak Number of Hours Per Week?

Wondering if your child’s sports schedules are putting them at risk for overuse injuries? Have an injured child and thinking that too much sport activity may have been a cause? Feeling overwhelmed as a sports parent and want to know when to say stop to all those...