Sentences with phrase «affect young athletes»

Often this is put down to «growing pains» Below are some sports injuries which specifically affect young athletes and adolescents.

Every day brings new challenges for youth sports administrators, as countless issues can surface at any time that affect young athletes» experiences.

This condition mainly affects young athletes who participate in sports in which the back is repeatedly hyperextended with either excessive rotation or repetition.

SportingKid Live spoke with Tamminen to get her insights on this important issue that affects young athletes.

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Because the brain of the young athlete is still developing, with even subtle damage leading to learning deficits adversely affecting development, and with studies showing younger athletes recover more slowly than adults, a more conservative approach to concussions in children and teens than for older athletes is recommended.

«It's not entirely clear,» he recently told the Kalamazoo News, «if and how the brains of young athletes are affected by the sports they play.

The study findings also indicate that how a young athlete hoped to perform affects how a parent feels prior to competition.

A life - long athlete, coach and father of three young athletes, Dan Nicholson has seen and experienced firsthand how head impact and sports concussions can affect the body.

The STOP Sports Injuries campaign highlights include teaching proper prevention techniques, discussing the need for open communication between everyone involved in young athletes» lives, and encouraging those affected to sign The Pledge to be an advocate for sports safety.

The NCAA and Defense also plan to produce new education materials and identify targets for affecting change in the culture and behavior of college student — athletes and young adults at risk of concussions.

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the most common cause of sudden death in otherwise healthy young athletes, and affects approximately 1 in 500 people overall.

In August of this year, Fagan published her book, What Made Maddy Run — an attempt to understand how this cult of perfection influenced Madison Holleran, how it affected her family and friends, and the implications of her suicide for young people in general and college athletes in particular.

Finally, a study performed by University of Colorado scientists published in the January, 2006, issue of the Journal of Clinical Investigation indicates that soy foods could seriously harm patients afflicted with cardiomyopathy, a heart condition that affects 1 in 500 Americans and is the leading cause of death in young athletes.