At 10, Courtney Thompson was a top-

At 10, Courtney Thompson was a top-ranked gymnast in New
Hampshire. She had been doing flips since she was one year old, and
she had her heart set on competing in the Olympics. She practiced
four and a half hours a day, six days a week, often repeating the same
move 100 times.
Her demanding schedule took a toll. It got to the point where Courtney
could barely straighten her elbows unless she put ice on them. On Jan.
12, 2005, she had to stop in the middle of a floor routine. "I jumped
up and grabbed my arm," she told Senior Edition. "It hurt wicked bad."
Doctors discovered that Courtney’s constant workouts had caused the
cartilage, or connective tissue, in her elbow to separate from the
bone. She had surgery on both arms and endured months of painful
rehabilitation.
Courtney’s experience is part of a growing trend in youth sports—
severe injuries, once limited to professional athletes, are now showing
up in kids and teens.
"We’re starting to see 12-year-old kids look like 40- and 50-year-olds
in terms of stress on their bodies," Roch King, a kids’ volleyball coach,
told reporters.
Experts say kids are pushing their bodies to the limit, practicing sports
too hard for too long. The strenuous1 schedules often lead to
dangerous injuries that could leave young athletes on the sidelines—
permanently.
Under Strain
From 30 percent to 50 percent of youth sports injuries are due to
overuse, according to experts at The Physician and Sportsmedicine
Journal. Overuse injuries are caused by repetitive motion that, over
time, puts more stress on a body part than it can withstand. The tissue
or bone eventually breaks, stretches, or tears.
Danny Clark ended up with an overuse injury last year. The teen
baseball player from Altamonte Springs, Florida, hurt himself by
throwing 80 pitches in a single game after two months of not pitching
at all.
The sudden, repetitive action tore Danny’s rotator cuff. The rotator
cuff is a group of four muscles and the tendons that connect them to
bones in the shoulder. Afterward, he couldn’t pitch for two months and
needed five months of physical therapy.
Too Much, Too Soon
Experts say injuries such as Danny’s are on the rise, in part because
more and more kids are abandoning casual sports for organized team
competitions that require hours of practice and game time. "Kids [are]
playing sports more aggressively at younger ages," explains James
Beaty, an orthopedist2 in Memphis, Tennessee.
Kevin Butcher, a 15-year-old soccer player from Fort Collins, Colorado,
is no exception. He plays soccer three or four times a week for nine
months a year. His dedication pays off—last year he helped lead his
team to a state championship. But his success came with a price.
"Last year, I sprained my ankle a few times, dislocated a bone in my
foot, and broke both sides of my pelvis," Kevin told Senior Edition. The
first time he broke his pelvis, Kevin didn’t realize it for about a month.
He played through the pain until doctors forced him to rest. When he
dislocated a bone in his foot, a physical therapist popped the bone into
place, bandaged his foot, and let him play the next day.
Knowing Your Limits
Not every kid who plays sports ends up with serious injuries. Experts
say the key to avoiding injury is paying attention to your body. Feeling
sore after practice is OK, but sharp pain is a warning sign that
shouldn’t be ignored.
Kevin learned that lesson while recovering from his second broken
pelvis in less than a year. "There’s definitely a glory in playing through
pain, but I think there is a limit," he told Senior Edition. "You just have
to know when to stop."

ผลลัพธ์ (เฮติครีโอล) 2:

Nan 10, Courtney Thompson te yon zafè jimnastik tèt-klase nan New
Hampshire. Li te te fè viraj depi li te yon ane fin vye granmoun, ak
li te gen kè l 'mete sou konpetisyon nan Olympics yo. Li pratike
èdtan kat ak yon mwatye yon jou, sis jou nan yon semèn, souvan repete menm
mouvman an 100 fwa.
orè mande li te pran yon nan nimewo telefòn. Li te rive nan pwen kote Courtney
te kapab apèn dwat koud li sof si li te mete glas sou yo. Nan janvye
, 12 2005, li te gen yo sispann nan mitan an nan yon woutin etaj. "Mwen vole
leve, li te pwan bra m, "li te di Senior edisyon. "Li fè mal mechan move."
Doktè dekouvri ke antrennman konstan Courtney a te lakòz
Cartilage a , oswa tisi konjonktif, nan manch rad koud bra l 'yo separe soti nan
zo a . Li te gen operasyon sou tou de bra ak andire mwa nan ki fè mal
reyabilitasyon yo.
eksperyans Courtney a se yon pati nan yon tandans k ap grandi nan jèn Espò
blesi grav, yon fwa limite a atlèt pwofesyonèl, yo kounye a se ki montre
moute nan timoun yo ak jèn moun.
"Nou ap kòmanse wè timoun 12-zan gade tankou 40- ak 50-ane-timoun ki gen
an tèm de estrès sou kò yo, "Roch King, yon timoun 'antrenè volebòl,
di repòtè yo.
Espè yo di timoun yo ap pouse kò yo nan limit la, pratike espò
twò difisil pou twò lontan. Orè yo strenuous1 souvan mennen nan
blesi danjere ki ta kapab kite atlèt jenn sou sidelines- la
pou tout tan.
anba souch
Soti nan 30 pousan a 50 pousan nan jèn espò blesi yo akòz
abuze, dapre ekspè nan Doktè a ak Sportsmedicine
Journal. Blesi abuze yo ki te koze pa mouvman repetitif ki, sou
tan, mete plis presyon sou yon pati nan kò pase sa li ka kenbe tèt ak. Tisi nan
oswa zo evantyèlman kraze, detire, oswa dlo nan je.
Danny Clark te fini ak yon aksidan abuze ane pase. Jèn timoun
jwè a bezbòl soti nan Altamonte Springs, Florida, fè mal tèt li pa
voye 80 ton nan yon jwèt sèl apre de mwa nan pa lanse
nan tout.
toudenkou, Aksyon an repetitif chire manchèt wotasyon Danny a. Wotasyon
manchèt nan se yon gwoup de kat misk ak tandon yo ki konekte yo nan
zo nan zepòl la. Apre sa, li pa t 'kapab moute pou de mwa ak
bezwen senk mwa nan terapi fizik.
Twò Anpil, Twò Byento
Espè yo di moun ki blese tankou Danny a yo sou ogmantasyon an, an pati paske
pi plis ak plis timoun yo abandone espò aksidantèl pou ekip òganize
konpetisyon ki mande pou èdtan nan pratik ak jwèt tan. "Kids [yo]
jwe espò plis agresif nan pi piti laj, "eksplike James
Beaty, yon orthopedist2 nan Memphis, Tennessee.
Kevin Butcher, yon 15-zan jwè foutbòl soti nan Fort Collins, Colorado,
pa gen okenn eksepsyon. Li jwe foutbòl twa oswa kat fwa yon semèn pou nèf
mwa nan yon ane. Devouman li peye koupe-dènye ane li te ede mennen l '
ekip nan yon chanpyona eta. Men, siksè l 'te vini ak yon pri.
"Ane pase, mwen foule cheviy m 'yon fwa kèk, deplase yon zo nan mwen
pye, epi yo kraze tou de bò nan basen mwen an, "Kevin di Senior edisyon.
Premye fwa nan l 'te kase basen l', Kevin pa t 'reyalize li pou apeprè yon mwa.
Li te jwe nan doulè a jouk doktè fòse l 'pran repo. Lè l '
deplase yon zo nan pye l 'yo, yon terapis fizik déja zo a nan
plas, bande pye l ', epi kite l' jwe nan demen.
Lè ou konnen limit ou
Se pa tout jenn ti kabrit ki moun ki jwe espò fini moute ak blesi grav. Ekspè
di kle a evite aksidan se peye atansyon sou kò ou. Santi
fè mal apre pratik se OK, men doulè se yon siy avètisman ki
pa ta dwe inyore.
Kevin te aprann ke leson pandan y ap rekipere li de dezyèm kase l '
basen nan mwens pase yon ane. "Gen nan definitivman yon tout bèl pouvwa nan ap jwe nan
doulè, men mwen panse ke gen yon limit, "li te di Senior edisyon. "Ou jis gen
yo konnen lè yo sispann. "