Sports has become one of our culture's Gods, but it's taking a considerable toll on our kids. And here's more:
Around the country, doctors in pediatric sports medicine say it is as if they have happened upon a new childhood disease, and the cause is the overaggressive culture of organized youth sports.
"They are overuse injuries pure and simple," Dr. James Andrews, a nationally prominent sports orthopedist, said. "You get a kid on the operating table and you say to yourself, 'It's impossible for a 13-year-old to have this kind of wear and tear.' We've got an epidemic going on."
...Dr. Andrews advocates a laundry list of changes. It begins with stopping year-round play in one sport. "At least three months off," he said. For baseball and softball pitchers, he would also ban the radar gun.
"That thing has wrecked more arms," he said. "I'm sick of seeing these kids being torn apart."
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"Sports has become one of our culture's Gods." You might want to step back and look in the mirror.
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