Title: Overuse Injuries
Feed: CWKN #389, June 11, 2008
Time:  1:38
SUGGESTED LEAD: 30 MILLION KIDS PLAY SPORTS EACH YEAR … AND AMONG THOSE 3 POINT FIVE MILLION REPORT INJURIES.  BUT THERE IS ONE INJURY THAT IS MORE COMMON THAN ANY OTHER AND, EXPERTS SAY, TYPICALLY IT’S CAUSED BY A CHILD TRYING TOO HARD. THAT STORY IN TODAY’S CONNECT WITH KIDS.
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NATS:  PLAYING CATCH

NARR:  16-YEAR-OLD PATRICK ARNETT LOVES TO PITCH… (:03)

NATS:  BALL IN GLOVE

NARR: BUT THIS YEAR PATRICK HAS NOT BEEN ABLE TO THROW EVEN ONE FASTBALL FOR HIS VARSITY BASEBALL TEAM. (:06)

SUPER: Patrick Arnett Pope, 16 years old   (:15)
 “Its been kind of disappointing cause the beginning of High School season I tore my ACL- I had to have reconstructive knee surgery, and at the end of fall ball I hurt my biceps.”

NARR: Patrick suffers from ‘overuse injuries’- injuries caused from using the same muscles over and over to play the same sport. (:08)

SUPER: Dennis P. DeVito, M.D., Pediatric Orthopedics  (:32)
 “By repetitively using the part of the body or subjecting the body to a consistent stress- you eventually end up with an injury.”

NARR: EXPERTS SAY OVERUSE SPORTS INJURIES ARE SKY ROCKETING . ESTIMATED AT NEARLY THREE MILLION A YEAR.

They say one reason is because more children are choosing a single sport and training at that one sport ALL Year round. (:15)

(DeVito)
 “The body can’t take full intensity for a whole year without some sort of break.”

NARR: ANOTHER REASON FOR THE INCREASE? PRESSURE THAT KIDS FEEL TO 'PLAY THROUGH PAIN,' EVEN WHEN THEY MAY BE HURT. (:07)

(Patrick)
 “We know if we get injured we’re gonna be out and miss some baseball and that’s a good time for us to get looked at colleges and perform on the field.”

NARR: EXPERTS SAY PARENTS CAN HELP KIDS AVOID GETTING HURT BY ENCOURAGING THEM TO CROSS-TRAIN, INSTEAD OF PLAYING THE SAME SPORT ALL YEAR… (:09)

(Dr. DeVito)
“When you do several sports it gives your body an opportunity to use different muscles. It often allows you to rest the ones you use most frequently.”

NATS:  PLAYING CATCH

NARR:  I’M COLLIN SIEDOR FOR CONNECT WITH KIDS. (:03)

SUGGESTED TAG:   For more ways to help children avoid overuse injuries visit our (local station) website and click on the Connect with Kids icon.