TOP 3 YOUTH SPORTS INJURIES AND HOW TO AVOID THEM We love to see our youths excel in sports, and it's a well-documented fact that exercise is good for the brain. in fact, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported, physical activities can affect the brain's physiology by improving attention spans, reducing sensations of cravings and pain, and improving information processing and retrieval. One of the downsides of youth sports, however, is the risk of injury that goes along with them. Here's what parents, student-athletes and coaches should know about youth sports injuries and how they can be avoided. OVERUSE INJURIES Some of the most common injuries stodent atetes tace a who may sgpest the use of uthotis eses, cortcostolds physical therapy to breat the injury mpetit motions that put cetain muscles and bones under pt sa Ebews, wists, ankles, shouldes and nes ae all jonts at The most severe cases of overse injvy may lead to aptane which will require sngery and rehabiitation bigh risk of overe Tendinits is one of the most common avenne injunies, though Avoiding overuse injuy oquires ca conditioning and their bosemaids knee Spots commonty assoeciated with tendinitis inclde baskthal, baseball, taiming tennis and nunning pace and engage in was and eues that belp ondition Aleer spos snason be and on atera docte's pprval that the sdent atete is in good phyical shape to paricipate Formid ovense ines, tites may ty the ROCEmethod est e, compressin ad eleation) and eve the oor painkies For pain that doest fade with tme or for moe seous oves njues The Othopandic Inute of Key and Seuthers ls ecmend a visit to an othopaede physiclas suring protective equipment ke holmets, body protection and shos tht fit comectly is anther mportant cosideration for eventing injury STRAINS AND SPRAINS yobvis detomity such as sweling or bring ould immedately be alusted by a docter Aner commo fom of stadent othlete juy tes to strains he ankle is an especialy nerable jont wen t comes to sports injes Awnae reports 37 peroet of igh school ees poted epening srains duing their atetc carees 8elore participating in atleties, student-ates should ensu heir mdes and jists ae peopety stetohed and wamed vo When they feel ted or the fint hint of pain, they should stag to pvent tarther injory. Chronic strains and sprains can develop Simlar to ovenune injuries, strains and sprains can be caused by imper footeotact with anter a a teni you may treat those inues with the RICE mthod, bt de ae st me to heal betoe the spon STRESS FRACTURES Enduance ahetes see a high ingidence of ts act spots mot commonly associated aith stress tagtures with women being taice as lkely as men to develop them ed by Cumolative, nepetve stress that leads to abeoma boeedeingthe N n Techiges for prevesing stess tractres shoas icde n a dy mported by the Jounal of Acthletic aing to the M ssearches found crs country, mnasties and track wre the conuming enogh vitamin Dand colclum ar aking pered breaks or sacations from training ing and (D Sports Medicine THE ORTHOPAEDIC Specialists NSTITUTE 9f WESTERN ENTSCET Taking Care of Western Kentacky's Young Atetes The Orthopaedic Institute of Western Kentucky is committed to providing Sports Medicine services to youth sports, high schools and colleges in our local communities. The goal of our sports medicine team is simple: Prevention, Recognition and Treatment of athletic injuries This is accomplished with the following services: Atete Event Cuverage Sports inry Cnie A mnt Refea Needed Mnday day 1812 Satday Sparts injry Ruhbtation oags And Tre ove To fed out more about how to prevent and beat udenaete ines, or to schedule a conaton ontact our spots medice specials today For Appointments Dr Bran Ke I D Spencer Romine Dr Ran Bec 4787 Alben Barkley Dr. 270.442.9461 Paducah, KY 42001 orthopaedicinstitute.com Ryn Beck M.D Spencer Remine, M.0 Brin Kers MD. TOP 3 YOUTH SPORTS INJURIES AND HOW TO AVOID THEM We love to see our youths excel in sports, and it's a well-documented fact that exercise is good for the brain. in fact, a study by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported, physical activities can affect the brain's physiology by improving attention spans, reducing sensations of cravings and pain, and improving information processing and retrieval. One of the downsides of youth sports, however, is the risk of injury that goes along with them. Here's what parents, student-athletes and coaches should know about youth sports injuries and how they can be avoided. OVERUSE INJURIES Some of the most common injuries stodent atetes tace a who may sgpest the use of uthotis eses, cortcostolds physical therapy to breat the injury mpetit motions that put cetain muscles and bones under pt sa Ebews, wists, ankles, shouldes and nes ae all jonts at The most severe cases of overse injvy may lead to aptane which will require sngery and rehabiitation bigh risk of overe Tendinits is one of the most common avenne injunies, though Avoiding overuse injuy oquires ca conditioning and their bosemaids knee Spots commonty assoeciated with tendinitis inclde baskthal, baseball, taiming tennis and nunning pace and engage in was and eues that belp ondition Aleer spos snason be and on atera docte's pprval that the sdent atete is in good phyical shape to paricipate Formid ovense ines, tites may ty the ROCEmethod est e, compressin ad eleation) and eve the oor painkies For pain that doest fade with tme or for moe seous oves njues The Othopandic Inute of Key and Seuthers ls ecmend a visit to an othopaede physiclas suring protective equipment ke holmets, body protection and shos tht fit comectly is anther mportant cosideration for eventing injury STRAINS AND SPRAINS yobvis detomity such as sweling or bring ould immedately be alusted by a docter Aner commo fom of stadent othlete juy tes to strains he ankle is an especialy nerable jont wen t comes to sports injes Awnae reports 37 peroet of igh school ees poted epening srains duing their atetc carees 8elore participating in atleties, student-ates should ensu heir mdes and jists ae peopety stetohed and wamed vo When they feel ted or the fint hint of pain, they should stag to pvent tarther injory. Chronic strains and sprains can develop Simlar to ovenune injuries, strains and sprains can be caused by imper footeotact with anter a a teni you may treat those inues with the RICE mthod, bt de ae st me to heal betoe the spon STRESS FRACTURES Enduance ahetes see a high ingidence of ts act spots mot commonly associated aith stress tagtures with women being taice as lkely as men to develop them ed by Cumolative, nepetve stress that leads to abeoma boeedeingthe N n Techiges for prevesing stess tractres shoas icde n a dy mported by the Jounal of Acthletic aing to the M ssearches found crs country, mnasties and track wre the conuming enogh vitamin Dand colclum ar aking pered breaks or sacations from training ing and (D Sports Medicine THE ORTHOPAEDIC Specialists NSTITUTE 9f WESTERN ENTSCET Taking Care of Western Kentacky's Young Atetes The Orthopaedic Institute of Western Kentucky is committed to providing Sports Medicine services to youth sports, high schools and colleges in our local communities. The goal of our sports medicine team is simple: Prevention, Recognition and Treatment of athletic injuries This is accomplished with the following services: Atete Event Cuverage Sports inry Cnie A mnt Refea Needed Mnday day 1812 Satday Sparts injry Ruhbtation oags And Tre ove To fed out more about how to prevent and beat udenaete ines, or to schedule a conaton ontact our spots medice specials today For Appointments Dr Bran Ke I D Spencer Romine Dr Ran Bec 4787 Alben Barkley Dr. 270.442.9461 Paducah, KY 42001 orthopaedicinstitute.com Ryn Beck M.D Spencer Remine, M.0 Brin Kers MD.