This Is What Happens In Your Brain When You Try Something New
Research director Christine Mac Donald, Ph.D, speaks on how trying new exercises benefits your brain and body....
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Get kids up and moving — walking, biking, dancing! — for better learning at home
We can’t change much of what makes learning at home difficult, but we can put one proven idea to work — schedule time for children to move every day....
Do Single-Sport Athletes Have More Overuse Injuries?
People ask and researchers ponder: How much does specializing in a single sport as a youngster increase the risk of developing overuse injuries?...
What Do Wayne Gretzky, Jerry Rice and Kristine Lilly Have In Common?
Medical organizations representing pediatricians, sports medicine specialists and others have invested considerable energy in recent years urging young athletes to play multiple sports instead of specializing in just one. ...
Four Keys to Minimizing Injuries and Maximizing Potential in Growing Athletes
Guidelines issued by several medical societies and sports governing bodies in recent years have reached an unusual level of consensus about four key elements of sports participation that seem to lessen the risk of overuse injuries and burnout in growing athletes and maximize their performance potential....
Play More than One Sport to Be a Better, Healthier Athlete
Young athletes who play more than one sport into their adolescence appear less likely to develop overuse injuries or to burnout from sports...
Myth: Specialize Early to Become an Elite Athlete
Mounting evidence challenges a deeply held conviction among youth sports participants that specializing in a single sport at a young age is critical to success...