Back to School – Back to Sports

Back to School – Back to Sports

With summer winding down, parents now shift their focus to getting their children ready for school and entering fall sports activities. With that in mind, it is important to talk a little bit about injury prevention as the kids head back to the field, court, or gym....
Sports Physical: Dr. Koutures Helps Create New National Guidelines

Sports Physical: Dr. Koutures Helps Create New National Guidelines

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....
Sports Physicals: Just Check Boxes or Get A Valuable Check-Up

Sports Physicals: Just Check Boxes or Get A Valuable Check-Up

 Sports physicals offer golden opportunities to share information and listen to young patients. Sure, they frequently are viewed by parents and young athletes as more annoyance than necessity. It’s easy for sports physicals to turn into automatic answers to a list of...