Youth sports attract scores of participants each year. The National Council of Youth Sports estimates that around 60 million children are registered to play youth sports in the United States. Solutions Research Group Consultants estimates that more than four million Canadian youths participate in one or more organized sports and activities.
The benefits to sports play are numerous, but the advantages to being active and competitive should not overshadow the need to be safe during sports play. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, nearly 2.7 million young people are treated in the emergency room every year for sports-related injuries.
Parents, coaches and other adults working and volunteering in youth sports must learn to recognize signs that a player has become injured and address those injuries as soon as possible. It can be hard to spot certain sports injuries. The following are some sports injuries and their symptoms.
