News Cut: November 19, 2011 Archive

Study: More kids blowing out knees

Posted at 8:07 AM on November 19, 2011 by Bob Collins (2 Comments)
Filed under: Health

We've observed here on numerous occasions that kids don't play pick-up sports games anymore. Everything is organized under the watchful eyes of adults.

Now, there's growing evidence that's not such a great thing for a lot of kids, if that's the only physical activity they have. More kids are blowing out their knees in sports because they haven't matured physically to meet the demands being placed upon them.