UF Health Sports physicians worked with the Florida High School Athletic Association and the Florida Alliance for Sports Medicine to discuss how to keep teenage athletes safe. A WCJB TV-20 news story highlights how a Southwest Florida parent is using her son's death as an example of why policy needs to change statewide.
Dr. Jason Zaremski, MD, CAQSM, FACSM, FAAPMR recently wrote an article that was published in the Washington Post. The article discusses how parents can protect their children from overuse injuries in sports. From the article:
"What happened this week in my clinic is not unlike most weeks: A young boy and his mother walked in because his elbow hurt after throwing a baseball. I had a strong feeling what was going on with this 9-year-old patient.