Sports Clinics
Participation in sports is increasingly popular and widespread in American culture. Participation in sporting activities contributes to health-related fitness; however, the risk of injury is inherent in any physical activity.
In 1999, Americans made an estimated 1.5 million hospital emergency department visits for injuries sustained while playing basketball, baseball, softball, football, or soccer. Children under the age of 15 account for nearly 40 percent of all sports-related injuries treated in hospital emergency departments with the rate and severity of the sports-related injuries increasing with a child's age.1
Many of these injuries can be prevented by factors that include proper technique and biomechanics, appropriate training practices, and conditioning and fitness. Overuse injuries, for example, that occur in youth as a result of insufficient rest after an injury and poor training or conditioning, is responsible for nearly half of all sports injuries to middle- and high-school students.2
SSPT provides sport-specific clinics that address the factors that cause injury and focus on helping athletes reduce their risk of injury and enhance their performance. Every clinic is tailored to the specifics of the sport and attendees' needs. The clinics are followed by extensive question and answer sessions.
SSPT sports clinics
SSPT provides a variety of sports clinics that include, for example:
1 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Department of Health and Human Services. CDC Injury Research Agenda. Atlanta, Georgia: June 2002. Available at: www.cdc.gov/ncipc/pub-res/research_agenda/Research%20Agenda.pdf. Last accessed: July 19, 2007.
2 National Center for Sports Safety. Sports Injury Facts. Available at: www.sportssafety.org/sports-injury-facts. Last accessed: July 19, 2007.
