Early Sport Specialization and Its Effect on Kids
Kids Health Cast
English - December 07, 2020 06:00 - 13.4 MB - ★★★★★ - 7 ratingsHealth & Fitness Kids & Family weill cornell medicine kids health medical science wellness childrens Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
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Amy Skaria M.D. discusses early sport specialization and its effect on kids. She shares important information for parents on some of the potential drawbacks of specializing and how sport-specific training can predispose a child to chronic overuse injuries.
She offers great tips on cross-training and ways that parent can get their kids involved in many different sports. This can help to increase children's love of activity and help to prevent future sports injuries.
