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Active Schools Acceleration Project (ASAP), an initiative of ChildObesity180, has developed a creative grant opportunity to get kids moving in America's schools. ASAP Acceleration Grants totaling $1,000,000 will be awarded to 1,000 schools to award-winning and innovative physical activity programs. First Lady Michelle Obama is encouraging schools to apply for a grant through her "Let's Move! Active Schools" campaign.
There are at least 17 smartphone applications on sports concussions. Evaluating the apps strictly from the standpoint of their usefulness for parents, here's how they stack up and whether they are worth downloading (updated).
by Brooke de LenchBrooke de Lench's BioAll Articles by Brooke de Lench
SportsAs is true in most sports these days, softball pitchers are training - or over-training - more than ever, and more and more are playing the sports all year long without a break. Softball teams may carry only a couple of pitchers, which sometimes results in a pitcher throwing over 1,000 pitches during a weekend tournament! While there hasn't been an epidemic of rotator cuff injuries, other problems to the shoulder and elbow have surfaced with increased play.by Keith J. Cronin, DPT, CSCSKeith J. Cronin's BioAll Articles by Keith J. Cronin -
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Health & SafetyThe most recent international consensus statement on sport-related concussions identifies several important differences in the way concussions are diagnosed and treated in children and adolescents, including the need for age-appropriate symptom checklists, additional cognitive rest and a longer recovery period before return to sports.by Lindsay BartonLindsay Barton's BioAll Articles by Lindsay Barton
One important way for youth baseball coaches to prevent overuse injuries is to look for signs that the pitcher is tired. While fatigue, like pain (another early warning sign of overuse injury), is generally difficult to quantify because it is a subjective, a coach can use pitch counts, ball velocity, ball location, pitching mechanics, and strength as guides in determining fatigue. -
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While a recent study suggests that the harder a youth baseball pitcher throws, the greater may be the risk of elbow injury, particularly to the ulnar collateral ligament (UCL), and that pitching velocity should be factored into pitch counts in order to protect against injuries, pitch velocity is just one of many factors that increase injury risk.by John PinkmanJohn Pinkman's BioAll Articles by John Pinkman
Over-hydration can be as dangerous to your health as dehydration. So what does a sweaty athlete need to know about staying adequately hydrated without stomach sloshing? A controversial book suggests, for starters, ignoring the hype of the sports drink industry in selling what amounts to salted sugar water.
by Nancy Clark, MS, RD, CSSDNancy Clark's BioAll Articles by Nancy Clark
Health & SafetyLooking for a way to keep you and your entire family fit and healthy? Take a walk, says fitness expert and the author of a new children's book, Abby Gets Fit, Doug Werner.
by Doug WernerDoug Werner's BioAll Articles by Doug Werner
The decision of when to sign up your child for some form of resistance training is a tough decision for many parents. Unfortunately, there is a lot of misinformation when it comes to resistance training for youth athletes, some of which has been around for decades. It's time to set the record straight, says a veteran strength and conditioning coach.by Ryan HortonRyan Horton's BioAll Articles by Ryan Horton
SportsIs your high school football program in the market for some new helmets for the 2013 season? To promote the recent release of our new high school football concussion documentary, "The Smartest Team." MomsTEAM is running a contest for 38 brand new, 2012 Rawlings adult football helmets left over from the filming of movie.Concussion Evaluation and Management: An Overview
Sports concussion neuropsychologist Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, Ph. D. provides an overview of the concussion evaluation and management process leading, hopefully, to a student-athlete's return to sports:-
Rosemarie Scolaro Moser's new book, Ahead of the Game: The Parent's Guide to Youth Sports Concussion (University Press of New England) is just what it says it is: a practical, no-nonsense guide for parents about sport concussions. To be sure, for someone as steeped as I am in subject of youth sports concussion, much of the book plows familiar ground. But there is also much in Moser's book that parents - even those with concussion experience - may be learning for the first time and find not only informative but perhaps surprising. It is a welcome addition to my concussion library, and I believe, should be for yours!
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