A young baseball player hears a pop and immediately feels pain in his throwing elbow while playing club baseball. At his first visit to Scottish Rite for Children’s Fracture Clinic, Parker and his family were told that surgery was necessary to reattach a separated...
What is strength and conditioning? Strength and conditioning may better be referred to as “physical preparation.” An athlete needs to be physically capable of accomplishing the goals set by the coach to compete in the game. Benefits of strength training go beyond just...
Lacrosse is one of the oldest sports in North America and is also one of the fastest growing sports in the United States. In 2021, there were more than 40,000 collegiate and more than 450,000 youth lacrosse players. Boys’ and girls’ lacrosse follow different rules and...
Meet the coaches of our Bridge Program. This program is designed to improve movement quality, strength, speed, and other measures in young athletes to simultaneously boost performance while reducing the risk of injury. Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialists®...
Getting back to sports after an injury or surgery can be a long road. From the beginning of rehabilitation, the team is actively considering the best path for the athlete to get back to play safely with the lowest risk of re-injury. Depending on the condition and...
Specially designed for young athletes, Scottish Rite’s training classes help build strength, conditioning and confidence for both patients following rehabilitation after an injury and participants interested in overall athletic performance improvement. Program...
In a medical education series, Jane S. Chung, M.D., and Taylor Morrison, M.S., R.D., CSSD, L.D., informed pediatric health care providers about the role of wellness in recovery and injury prevention. Health care providers are not the only ones to influence young...
When a child or adolescent baseball player completes physical therapy for an elbow or other injury, his needs still look different from those of their peers. Bridge Program Coordinator Ian Wright, P.T., D.P.T., CSCS, USAW, answered the five “W’s” about what a bridge...
Many athletes avoid eating anything before early morning practices. This may leave them feeling slow and tired during practice and not eating anything until lunch, causing them to miss out on two key meals for the day: the pre-training meal and the recovery meal. The...
Exercise, team play and goal-setting are all benefits of participating in youth sports. However, young athletes face a variety of stressors that other students do not face. Some of these are: Anxiety about athletic performance can become a distraction in daily life...
