Keeping Female Athletes Healthy
HealthTalks by Stanford Medicine Children’s Health
English - September 23, 2021 05:00 - 25.1 MBHealth & Fitness healthtalks stanford children’s health information parenting tips complex cases parents Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Young female athletes have a unique set of medical needs. They are more likely to suffer from conditions including disordered eating, amenorrhea (lack of menstrual periods) and low bone density. Female athletes with these conditions are at a higher risk of developing fractures and other sports injuries. In this podcast, pediatric sports medicine specialists Dr. Emily Kraus and Dr. Kevin Shea discuss how to keep female athletes healthy.
