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Whenever you have kids running, jumping and throwing things, there is always the potential for skinned knees and maybe a broken bone or two. Over the past few years, however, orthopedic surgeons have begun reporting a disturbing new trend in sports injuries. More and more, they say, they are treating young patients for strains, sprains and stress fractures that arise from overuse of still-developing muscles, bones, tendons and ligaments. In some cases, the damage is permanent, increasing the risk that the kids--some of them as young as 9--will suffer crippling arthritis or require extensive surgery as they...
That constant repetition is particularly brutal on joints and growth plates--the areas of developing bone tissue that are the weakest parts of a child's skeleton because they haven't completely ossified. Young athletes who use their shoulder joints a lot often get into trouble by exercising the muscles in front more than those in the back. The unequal tug-of-war winds up pulling the whole joint painfully forward. Growth plates can be either compressed or pulled apart, sometimes shortening the bone's eventual length...
...injuries don't lead to permanent disability, provided they are correctly treated and not aggravated for several months. (Many parents are surprised to learn that a couple of weeks' rest is simply not enough.) See a doctor if your child suffers pain during exercise or experiences tenderness over a bone when you push on it directly. By all means, encourage your kids to play sports and move around a lot. But a little variety goes a long way. --By Christine Gorman
...does exercise help us? Kohl is happy to count the ways. To begin with, exercise works wonders for the heart: improving the lipid profile, reducing the risk of heart disease and restoring function after a heart attack. "It helps tremendously in maintaining bone health whether you are young or an older adult," he notes. In addition, it helps moderate blood pressure in people with hypertension, can significantly relieve depression and anxiety and appears to help maintain cognitive function in old age. Studies show that physical activity may also help prevent cancers of the breast and prostate, probably by influencing hormone...
...bodies of all the babies accepted the grafts, a big advantage over rejection-prone bone-marrow cells, also used in transplants. But the results were uneven after that. More than half the kids who were already showing Krabbe's symptoms died from infections or other transplant complications...