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By Clem Richardson
April 14th, 2008
Daily News
When Frank Reali 3rd was found dead in his Staten Island real estate office a year ago this month, his parents pledged to do something in his honor to benefit the community.
What Francine (Fran) and Frank Reali came up with could transform high school sports in this town, maybe nationally.
The couple, owners of Safari Realty on Staten Island, wants to provide free magnetic resonance imaging scans for all students about to begin high school sports.
MRI scans provide noninvasive but remarkably accurate pictures of a patient's body.
Produced by passing the patient through a powerful, often circular magnet, these photos can show even the tiniest injury or abnormality.
By Ginal Kolata
February 18th, 2008
The New York Times
Last year, when Collin Link was 11 years old, he was tackled as he went in for a touchdown in pee-wee football.
“He didn’t get up,” his mother, Crystal Link, said. “He kept saying his knee hurt real bad.” But Mrs. Link was not overly concerned, thinking it was just a sprain.
But the next morning when the family was getting ready to go to church near their home in The Woodlands, Tex., Collin said he could not walk. That Monday, a doctor told the Links what was wrong.
Collin had an injury that doctors used to think almost never occurred in children. He had torn the anterior cruciate ligament, or A.C.L., in his left knee, the main ligament that stabilizes the joint.
By Cynthia Billhartz Gregorian
January 16th, 2008
McClatchy Newspapers
Elaine Gill, 16, wanted to run faster. So she started running more. A lot more.
Sometimes she'd run 50 miles a week.
At first the extra miles paid off for the St. Louis resident, and Elaine cut several minutes off her 5K cross country time. Then, during a race, a bone in her foot broke. Now, she can't run at all.
Such is the plight of a growing number of athletes, both male and female, who train their young bodies past the point of diminishing returns and right into injuries.
The American Academy of Pediatrics estimates that more than 30 million children and teens participate in organized sports each year. Of those, about 3.5 million seek treatment for overuse injuries and chronic fatigue from overtraining.
From the Seattlepi.comThe young gymnast and her mother were sitting across from Dr. Gregory Schmale at Children's Hospital and Medical Center in Seattle. There was no easy way for Schmale to give his news. He talked directly to the 12-year-old girl.
Your body is not cut out for gymnastics, Schmale said. The most recent injury to the girl's wrist was severe enough to warrant not only full rest but retirement from elite competitive gymnastics.
She was still in middle school.
Otherwise, Schmale explained, issues with the growth plate in the wrist would likely cause lifelong problems. It might mean the bone would stop growing, shortening the arm, or develop crooked. Schmale was the third doctor to tell the girl and mother the same bad news about the wrist and further participation in gymnastics.
What came next surprised Schmale.
Bob Groves
(Hackensack, N.J.) Record
Jun. 5, 2007 12:00 AM
HACKENSACK, N.J. - Hit by line drives, high sticks and 200-pound tacklers, more young athletes are ending up in hospital emergency rooms.
Some casualties arrive by ambulance; others are escorted by coaches or parents: A 15-year-old shortstop whose nose was bashed by a bad throw. A teen whose spleen was ruptured by a hockey stick. A volleyball player who was elbowed going after a spike. An elementary-school boxer with a broken thumb.
| Adirondack CC | 4/1 & 4/8 |
| Broome CC | June 7, 2008 |
| Cayuga CC | Fall 2008 |
| Clinton CC | May 27, 2008 |
| Corning CC | |
| Columbia-Greene CC | July 19, 2008 |
| Dutchess CC | May 18, 2008 |
| Erie CC | TBA |
| F.I.T. | TBA |
| Finger Lakes CC | June 11th, 2008 |
| Fulton-Montgomery CC | May 15, 2008 |
| Herkimer CC | June 17th 2008 |
| Hudson Valley CC | May 6, 2008 |
| Jamestown CC | March 2008 |
| Jefferson CC | May 21, 2008 |
| Mohawk Valley CC | March 29, 2008 |
| Monroe CC | TBA |
| Nassau CC | 3/1 & 3/11 |
| Niagara CC | June 18, 2008 |
| Onondaga CC | April 26, 2008 |
| SUNY Orange CC | TBA |
| SUNY Rockland CC | May 6, 2008 |
| Schenectady CC | Summer 2008 |
| Suffolk CC | June 6, 2008 |
| Sullivan CC | TBA |
| Tompkins Cortland CC | May 5, 2008 |
| Ulster CC | October 7, 2008 |
| Westchester CC | 6/9, 7/16, and 8/14, 2008 |
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