
In late March 2010 Suffern High School baseball players, Vincent Crotty and Christopher Konkowski were on their way to practice on a rainy Tuesday when their car was in an accident with a garbage truck. The seniors died that day. Best friends and future teammates at SUNY Institute of Technology in Utica, the loss of Crotty and Konkowski was life-changing for the tight-knit Rockland County community. A fitness center injury lawsuit illustrates the importance of a proper risk management plan.
By John T. Wolohan, AthleticBusiness.com
A rash of batted-ball injuries has renewed debate over the performance of baseball and softball equipment.
A new study appearing in this month's issue of the British Journal of Sports Medicine adds to the growing body of research noting differences in injury rates and severity of ACL injuries among males and females. This particular study, involving researchers from Washington University School of Medicine and the Santa Monica (Calif.) Orthopaedic and Sports Medicine Research Foundation, found that male soccer players are more likely to sustain ACL injuries in their dominant kicking legs, while females are more likely to suffer ACL injuries in their supporting legs.
There's a lot of finger-pointing off the court as well, but not of the instructional variety.
It's mid-summer in New Hampshire and soon enough high schools across the state will be kicking off fall sport tryouts, workouts and practices.
Although the lazy days of summer have just ended, students soon must ramp up quickly to ready themselves for competitive matchups and rivalries in all fall athletics. These include those that produce some of the higher injury rates in scholastic sports, namely football, field hockey, soccer and cross country. This dangerous combination of de-conditioning, coupled with the short preseason of fall athletics, is a recipe for many injuries.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), high school athletes account for an estimated two million injuries, 500,000 doctor visits and 30,000 hospitalizations each year. Not only are youth athletes injuring themselves playing sports more often, but the types of injuries and the magnitude of injuries that we are seeing have changed.
More youth athletes are suffering from injuries that previously would have only been seen in professional level athletes. Overuse and serious acute injuries are becoming more common. As the intensity and demands of youth sports continue to rise, young athletes are more vulnerable than ever to these types of injuries
Published Wednesday, August 04, 2010
by Myra Blackmon
By Meredith Cohn, The Baltimore Sun
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