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Injury risk higher for children who specialize in one sport, experts say
When it comes to kids specializing in just one sport, injury risk is a real concern for sports medicine doctors. “We know that if you super specialize in the sport, particularly early on, that the risk of injury goes up anywhere by 30-50%,” said Dr. Nik Verma, director of sports medicine at Midwest Orthopaedics at RUSH. Verma is also the head team physician for the Chicago White Sox and he said baseball is a prime example. “We’re starting to see Tommy John procedures, which we would be typically be doing in college players, mostly minor league and professional athletes, now happening in kids as young as 12 or 13 years of age and, in fact, the majority of Tommy John’s are now done i

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