Helping The Injured Athlete

The play is over, and the football players in the pile all get up, except for one.  One mom's story of what happened next may not be so surprising.

The benefits of sports for adolescent boys and girls are well known. Less understood are the short- and long-term effects of sports injuries on a teen athlete's psychological and social life. A new study in the Journal of Athletic Training provides some clues and advocates a whole person approach to injury management.