5 Articles

Scholar:
http://bjsportmed.com/content/24/1/51.full.pdf+html
    This article talks about an experiment that was conducted regarding injuries amongst basketball, handball, and soccer players. It provides an in-depth exploration of the how different the sports are and how these differences play apart in injuries. The research shows that soccer players are most likely to get hurt with 40% of the players getting injured at some point during the season. Basketball players were the least likely.
http://www.eteamz.com/bangoreastll/files/Yourhsportsinjury.pdf
    Sports injuries in youths is the main focus of this article. It talks about all the risks that children face when playing sports. The most serious and common risk is overuse. When children are playing in three or more sports and sometimes are going from practice to practice to game all in one day there is a serious risk of an overuse injury. The human body cannot keep up with such a strenuous schedule, especially at a young age when the body is not fully developed yet. The article also discusses the different ways that doctors can diagnose the injuries.
http://almacen-gpc.dynalias.org/publico/Ankle%20Injuries.%20NHRMC%202010.pdf
    This article is specifically written about ankle injuries in sports. The article goes into a history of ankle injuries and discusses some of the things that cause them. It talks about how to prevent them and how to recover from the injury. It also gives advice to the doctors on how to correctly diagnose the injury. If they incorrectly diagnose the injury, it could mean trouble for the athlete. The doctor could prescribe the wrong treatment and cause further harm that will increase the recovery time.
News:
http://www.berkshireeagle.com/ci_22795226/injuries-one-high-school-sports-season-can-affect
    This is a news article featuring a high school student from Massachusetts. It shares her story about breaking her ankle in the basketball state finals and how now she is unable to play the start of the softball season. The article talks a lot about how coaches in winter and spring sports get frustrated because their players can't play because of injuries sustained in an earlier season. It also talks about how important it is for the players to fully recover before trying to play again. If they start again too soon they risk re-injury that will take even longer to recover from.
http://www.cleveland.com/dman/index.ssf/2013/02/noted_surgeon_dr_james_andrews.html
This an article that is written about an extremely opinionated surgeon who has seen enough. He is tired of operating on children with injuries that could have been avoided. He blames the coaches who he says mean well but do not know enough to adequately protect their players. He also blames parents who think their kid will be a superstar and push and push until the kid breaks. He has recently written a book about this issue hoping to educate more people about these injuries. This surgeon has operated on many famous professional athletes, so he has seen a lot of different injuries. But that's not what he's worried about. He is however worried about the fact that the kids he has coming in to him are having adult injuries rather than injuries typical of children. This is a great article.
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