Are there particular sports that can cause more injuries to young kids?
“I’d definitely watch any contact sports, like Pop Warner Football,” says Lewis. “Also, gymnasts can overdo when it comes to hours of practice as can swimmers. There’s always an advantage to cross-training.” Bikes are the worst According to the National SAFE KIDS Campaign and the American Academy of Pediatrics, although rare, the leading cause of death from a sports injury is a brain injury, and the majority of head injuries sustained in sports or recreational activities occur during bicycling, skateboarding, or skating. Injuries involving bicycles far outnumber any other childhood sports injury when it comes to emergency department visits. There are 30 million children and adolescents participating in organized sports in the United States and about three million sports-related injuries occur each year. The most common are sprains and strains. Ironically, the majority of injuries don’t occur during actual competition, but in practice (60%). According to the website of Boston Children’s
