As I write this, the inaugural season of high school flag football in the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Southern section has come to an end. During this initial season, I was able to work with some remarkable players and was impressed with their passion...
ActiveKidMD recently announced its participation with the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) to help develop new national guidelines for the Preparticipation Physical Evaluation (PPE), also known as the sports physical. As athletes and families know, this is an exam...
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 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...
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...
Dual board-certified pediatric and sports medicine specialist Dr. Chris Koutures and pediatric specialist Dr. Christopher Lin offer an individualized approach to general pediatric and sports medicine care that enhances the health and knowledge of patients and their families in Orange County, California.
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