Living Well: How much is too much in youth sports? Schmale was the third doctor to tell the girl and mother the same bad news about thewrist and further participation in gymnastics.
Pushing the limits is part of playing sports, especially as the level of competition
improves.
"Lots of these injuries are preventable with some preconditioning (such as the bike riding and
light weight training that Bouche's daughter used to be pain-free in practices so far this fall),"said Bouche.
For his part, O'Kane doesn't think there would be such an epidemic of overtraining injuries
in kids without parents and coaches pushing kids -- and their limits.
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