Head to toe: Student's personal physician best choice for sports physical (South Bend Tribune)
ST. LOUIS -- It's crunch time for sports physicals at high schools, and physicians who specialize in sports medicine say the physicals are more important than simply preparing for competition....more...Turf Vs. Grass Debate Lives On For Area Schools (The Post-Journal)
Sam Restivo can remember what the football field at the University of Pittsburgh felt like. The Jamestown High School varsity football coach and a former player at Florida State University said it was like playing on a ??rug over concrete.??...more... Tips for a child's physical (South Bend Tribune)
* If there's a difference between your school's physical evaluation form and the state form, use the state form; it's usually the most detailed. The state form can also help get you an extensive sports evaluation from a pediatrician who may lack experience in sports medicine, doctors say....more... Fit to play (Orange County Register)
It's crunch time for sports physicals at high schools, and two pediatricians who specialize in sports medicine say the physicals are more important than simply preparing for competition....more... Big Ten Network not big on cable sports packages (The Pantagraph)
CHICAGO â?? Big Ten commissioner Jim Delany had a full agenda Tuesday at the opening day of the conferenceâ??s annual media event....more... Group seeks to bar kids from riding ATVs (The Salinas Californian)
Jose Alfredo Magaña was an outgoing, adventurous 15-year-old who liked to ride his all-terrain vehicle around Castroville....more... Lee Woodruff: Silent Sufferers and Walking Wounded -- the Brain Injured (HuffingtonPost)
When a roadside bomb exploded next to my husband's APC in Iraq, my family joined the ranks of this silently suffering group of Americans....more... Will media jinx hit Michigan? (Daily Herald)
Bad news for Michigan. The Wolverines are this year?s potential victims of the historically inaccurate voting bloc known as the Big Ten media. In seven of the last 11 years, the media whiffed on its prognostication of the conference champion....more... High School, College Football Comes With Risk (iVillage Total Health)
With the school football season just around the corner, a new study is raising awareness of the risks associated with playing the game. Researchers found that college football players get injured more often than their high school counterparts, but high school athletes are more likely to end up severely injured....more... |