Growth plates are the supple regions of bones in children where growth and development takes place, according to the Mayo Clinic. Growth plates sit at each bone ending. They are delicate and vulnerable to fracture, especially when children and...
Growth plate injuries account for 15 to 30 percent of all childhood fractures, according to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons. Since the bones of children have not fully developed, children and adolescents are the only baseball players...
Shoulder injuries are common for athletes of all ages -- especially in sports that require throwing. Growth plate injuries are common in young athletes and can affect the way the shoulder bones grow. Fractures or poor throwing mechanics can lead...
When children are still growing, bones are soft and pliable at the ends, making those areas -- called growth plates-- even more vulnerable to injury than the surrounding ligaments and tendons. Once you reach maturity, bones harden and growth...
Growth plates are areas of cartilage located at the ends of bones. Once a child becomes full grown, the soft cartilage forms into solid bone. As a result, only a child can sustain a growth plate injury. One place that a growth plate fracture can...
Puberty is that period in your life when your body is rapidly gaining adult characteristics. In boys, voices become deeper, beards start to grow and penises may become longer. In girls, breasts enlarge, and menstruation may start to occur. Acne...
A joint is a site where two bones of the body connect. Joints can be mobile or immobile. Continuous joints are relatively immobile joints wherein different types of rigid connecting tissues join two bones. These joints provide skeletal stability...
Ankle weights can help build strength, speed and quickness in athletes. They can also cause damage when they are worn for long periods or during strenuous exercise. Knee ligaments and tendons along with ankle ligaments are often under duress while...
The incidence of anterior cruciate ligament tears in the knees of pediatric athletes is increasing. They occur more frequently in adolescents, but have been reported in children as young as three. Surgery on such young patients presents a dilemma...
According to the Children's Hospital Boston, knock knees are a normal part of the growth process in children 2 to 4. It describes it as "A standing child whose knees touch but ankles do not." The legs are aligned outward, and the knees are...
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons notes wrist fractures account for 30 percent of children's fractures. Buckle fractures, which are also called torus fractures, are a specific type of fracture that only happens in children. Buckle...
Weightlifting is a fundamental part of any exercise program. Whether you are attempting to build muscle, lose weight or maintain your desired body size and shape, adding weightlifting to your daily workout can help you achieve your goals. While...
Adolescent pitchers face myriad challenges, aside from trying to strike out their opponents. The demands of multiple sports leagues that keep baseball season going year-round, the physical challenges of pitching with bones and muscles that are...
Resistance training for children was once discouraged by health professionals because of a perceived potential injury to growth plates. However, a growing body of evidence shows that a well-designed, professionally supervised weight lifting...
Sports injuries in children are prevalent, with approximately 30 million kids playing in organized sports, states Jacel C. Brooks, M.D., at SportsMD.com. Children are getting involved in organized athletics at earlier ages, which, due to a lack...
Lifting weights is not a common exercise routine integrated into physical education programs for most children. Part of the reason for this is the widely held perception that lifting weights can damage growth plates in children's bodies, resulting...
By the time of birth, the infant's skeleton has the same basic framework as an adult. All the bones are in place---including many extras---and the structure allows for rapid growth and continued development. Much of the critical development takes...
A rise in childhood obesity and increase in type 2 diabetes in youth makes exercise in adolescence more important than ever. With a generation raised indoors on technology, it takes more than nagging or a PE class to get adolescents on board with...
According to Dr. Greene, a pediatric physician, ankle fractures in children may initially be mistaken sprains due to their similarities. With similar mechanisms for injury, a child's ankle injury has a higher incidence of fractures than an adult....
Cycling provides numerous benefits, including improvements to your cardiovascular health and endurance. Cycling promotes muscular endurance while burning fat. Neither cycling nor any other form of endurance exercise will have a negative effect on...
Testosterone is an anabolic or tissue-building steroid hormone produced by the testes and ovaries. Men have a greater concentration of testosterone than women. According to a 2008 study by Blair Crewther and colleagues, published by the National...
Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, known as MRSA, is a subtype of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus that is resistant to antibiotics such as methicillin and oxacillin. Because MRSA infections can be life-threatening and can spread...
According to the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons, more than 1 million people visited emergency rooms due to an ankle injury in 2003. Ankle fracture describes a wide range of injuries; a child twists her ankle sustaining a fracture or a...
Experiencing foot pain can make it challenging for your child to participate in certain sports. Foot pain is common in young athletes, according to HealthyChildren.org. Take your child in for an evaluation if he is experiencing foot pain. It is...
Enrolling your child in sports is a proactive move to promote fitness, teamwork and social skills. But many parents are not prepared for the potential injury that is inherent in most sports. For children, one of the most common sports injuries is...
Growth is regulated by the endocrine system of the body--a control network of hormones secreted by glands in the body. The function of the endocrine system is to integrate the actions of the body's organs. These hormones regulate nearly every...
The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons describes a torus fracture, also known as a buckle fracture, as an incomplete break where one side of the bone is compressed against the other, bending the bone away from the growth plate. Growth plates...
The American Academy of Pediatrics estimates that close to 5 million children between the ages of 5 and 14 years old play in baseball or softball leagues. Injuries and sports go hand in hand, and common baseball injuries for kids often stem from...
There are many varying opinions on what is the right age to begin lifting weights. According to the National Strength and Conditioning Association (NSCA), lifting weights with a sound technique can strengthen ligaments and tendons, and improve...
Osgood-Schlatter disease is a tendon condition in the knee is common around adolescent kids. Learn more about what it is and how to treat it in this medical video clip.
