Early Sport Specialization in Youth Athletics: How to Balance Sport Advancement While Limiting Injury Risk
AOSSM's STOP (Sports Trauma and Overuse Prevention) Sports Injuries is proud to announce the “Early Sport Specialization in Youth Athletics: How to Balance Sport Advancement While Limiting Injury Risk” webinar. Moderator, Patrick S. Buckley, MD and speakers Catherine Logan, MD, MSPT, Mininder Kocher, MD, MPH, and Ken Fine, MD examine the growing trend of early youth single sport specialization. Many parents, coaches, and athletes believe that the path to elite level success in their sport is to focus on that sport at the exclusion of other sports at a young age. Certainly, youth sport participation is beneficial to the physical and mental health of the athlete. However, as providers, we often see the result of over sport specialization in the form of overuse injuries and youth burnout. In this webinar we examine the evidence pertaining to single sport specialization, discuss alternative approaches to youth sport participation, and provide the audience with strategies to discuss this topic in the office with your patients.
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