Sports safety: it's not just child's play
July 5, 2018 by Len Canter, Healthday Reporter
(HealthDay)—Playing sports offers plenty of fitness and other developmental benefits for kids, but injuries are common. Every year, more than 2.6 million U.S. children aged 19 and under are treated in the ER for sports- and recreation-related injuries.
If your child plays team sports, start by vetting the qualifications of the coaches.
A questionnaire-based study by the American Council on Exercise found common knowledge gaps among youth-sports coaches—many of whom are volunteers—in the areas of proper hydration, strength training, nutrition and concussions. For instance, many didn't know about "second impact syndrome"—when a second concussion occurs before the first one has healed, a potentially fatal situation.
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