(From Boston.com): Amanda Keane breathes basketball. The Wilmington 17-year-old has been competing four seasons a year since the fifth grade, and has had hip surgery for an overuse injury to prove it.
When school lets out for the summer, she'll ratchet up the ante, adding camps to her team play. "I wake up," Keane said, "play basketball, go home, and go to bed."
Summertime has become prime time for legions of hyper-competitive young athletes to pound, pitch, and pursue their athletic passions, producing ever more injuries.
Surgeons and physical therapists say they see an epidemic of overuse - fractures, tears, and worn-down joints - in children who are playing at higher intensities and at younger ages. Surgeries to repair shoulder, elbow, knee, and hip injuries, once thought to be adult fare, are being routinely performed on preteens and teenagers.
When school lets out for the summer, she'll ratchet up the ante, adding camps to her team play. "I wake up," Keane said, "play basketball, go home, and go to bed."
Summertime has become prime time for legions of hyper-competitive young athletes to pound, pitch, and pursue their athletic passions, producing ever more injuries.
Surgeons and physical therapists say they see an epidemic of overuse - fractures, tears, and worn-down joints - in children who are playing at higher intensities and at younger ages. Surgeries to repair shoulder, elbow, knee, and hip injuries, once thought to be adult fare, are being routinely performed on preteens and teenagers.
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