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Winter Warm-Up: Staying Active When It’s Cold
Don’t let freezing temperatures stop you in your tracks. Frost, ice and snow don’t have to stop you, your child ...
10 Exercises You Can Do With Your Kids to Prevent Running Injury
According to the physical therapists at the Young Athlete Center, teens are just as likely to develop running injuries as ...
Young Athlete Center Specializes in Treating Sports-Related Injuries
Recognizing the importance of athletics in the lives of children and adolescents today, Washington University and St. Louis Children’s Hospital ...
Meet the Brains Behind Concussion Care: Mark Halstead, MD
Growing up in Wisconsin, Mark Halstead, MD, a Washington University pediatric sports medicine physician at St. Louis Children’s Hospital, played ...
Children's Runners 10 Exercise Program
The Children's Runners 10 program focuses on 10 stretching and strengthening exercises designed to improve flexibility, strength and endurance of ...
Youth Sports Specialization
Young athletes need a break from the same physical activity to rehabilitate their growing bodies. There is not enough recovery ...
What Is Osgood-Schlatter Disease?
Even though it sounds a bit ominous, Osgood-Schlatter disease is a common overuse condition that causes pain and swelling below ...
Turn Up the Heat with Exercise
As the weather changes and there is less opportunity for outdoor play, make plans for more indoor exercises to keep ...
Thrower's Exercises
There are many benefits of playing sports. Kids active in sports rely on exercise to strengthen muscle and bone, lower ...