Please Team Up For Safety of Flag Football Athletes

Please Team Up For Safety of Flag Football Athletes

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...
The New Sports Physical Forms are Shorter!

The New Sports Physical Forms are Shorter!

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...
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.As an...
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...