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...true that the earlier in life you make running, jumping, swimming and other physical activities a regular part of your daily routine, the healthier you'll be--provided that you keep it up as an adult. But the enormous boom over the past few years in soccer, gymnastics and other highly competitive sports for children has a dark side as well: an epidemic of sports injuries that go well beyond the bruises, scrapes and occasional broken bones parents might expect...
Each sport comes with characteristic dangers. Whereas volleyball players and swimmers are prone to overuse injuries of the shoulder, basketball and soccer players often have trouble in one or both of the knees. Divers, cheerleaders, gymnasts and football linemen, meanwhile, are susceptible to stress fractures of the lower back. Indeed, lower-back pain is normally uncommon in adolescents. If it shows up, parents should schedule an immediate visit to a doctor...
...problem, investigators believe, may be that girls usually mature more quickly than boys do, girls' knees tend to be a little looser and girls' quadriceps muscles (at the front of the thigh) are often stronger than their hamstrings (at the back of the thigh), destabilizing the knee. Many soccer coaches have learned to address the problem by spending more time drilling girls on how to land properly and encouraging them to build up their hamstrings...
...together." MAHMOUD AHMADINEJAD, President of Iran, apologizing to students for allowing liberal and secular professors to remain in their posts at Iranian universities. He called for a faculty purge "I responded that I preferred his sister, it's true. It wasn't something nice, true." MARCO MATERAZZI, Italian soccer player, finally revealing what was said during the July World Cup final that provoked star French footballer Zinedine Zidane to head-butt him after he grabbed Zidane by the shirt and the Frenchman told him, "If you want, I'll give you the jersey later." "Calm down. Breathe. We hear...
Though the Harvard men’s soccer team played the roles of guest and host this past week, it didn’t make any friends while challenging Old Dominion and beating its other four opponents for a quick 4-1 start to the season.The Crimson offense had its way with the non-conference foes, scoring 14 goals over the five games. The spark started when the team scored three goals in a little over six minutes to storm back to within 4-3 against Old Dominion. Despite falling a goal short, Harvard then rolled over Villanova, Maine...