03/05/2026
If you have a child who's active in sports, one of the best things they can do is avoid specializing in a single sport until they're older. One recently-published study found that young athletes specializing in one sport were more likely to need treatment for hip or groin pain during college and to quit their sport entirely due to injury, while another found that NFL players had up to a 24% lower risk of injury if they had engaged in other sports during high school.
Parents of athletic children can protect them from injury by encouraging them to try out a wide variety of sports, a new study says. Repetitive stress from focusing on one sport at a young age increases an athlete's risk of injuries into adulthood, according to a pair of new studies presented this w...