By Charles Deneen, PT, DPT, ATC, FAFS
If you play basketball at a competitive level, your schedule fills up fast. Strength training, practices, skill work, games, and tournaments stack on top of each other, and the season rarely slows down.
Over time, it’s usually […]
Let’s be honest
Youth sports are definitely fun, and they can also be demanding on a young athlete’s body. Basketball is a great example of this. A high performing basketball player must have strength, speed, agility, verticality, endurance, quick reactionary time and excellent eye-hand coordination. Athletes generally spend a majority of their practice (both off season and in […]
Overuse injuries are caused by repetitive stress on the body and are more prevalent than ever in youth sports injuries. According to the CDC (Center for Disease Control), more than half of youth sports injuries are preventable. Sports are an important aspect of children’s physical and social development. Too much of anything is never a […]
