Micheli Center for Sports Injury Prevention: An Honor To Attend Groundbreaking Ceremony

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Tue, 10/16/2012 - 17:00. | comments

Lyle Micheli, William Meehan, and Joe Andruzi

Yesterday, I had the honor of being a guest at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Micheli Center For Sports Injury Prevention, which is being built next to Children's Hospital Boston's Waltham, Massachusetts facility.

Yesterday, I had the honor of being a guest at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Micheli Center For Sports Injury Prevention, which is being built next to Children's Hospital Boston's Waltham, Massachusetts facility, named for Lyle Micheli, MD., one of the truly great sports medicine doctors of this or any generation.

Obesity Epidemic: Everyone Needs To Join The Fight

Kids have the power to change parents' food and exercise habits. Kids are unlikely to make choices based on health, but rather on pleasure. When they understand that health means more fun, they'll start making the right choices--just like victorious sports teams that win with good nutrition.

Brooke de Lench

Head Games Movie Review: Most Appreciated My Candor

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Wed, 10/03/2012 - 18:26. | comments

As I expected, my review of Head Games: The Movie has generated a lot of mail in the last two days, many from respected health care professionals and experts around the country. Most wrote to congratulate, thank, and/or applaud me for having the courage to post such a thorough, candid, and critical review, one which was informed by my years covering the concussion issue, not by all the media hype surrounding the film. Just as predictably, some of the mail I received was not quite so flattering.

As I expected, my review of Head Games: The Movie has generated a lot of mail in the last two days. Most wrote to congratulate, thank, and/or applaud me for having the courage to post such a thorough, candid, and critical review, one which was informed by my years covering the concussion issue, not by all the media hype surrounding the film. Just as predictably, some of the mail I received was not, to be honest, quite so flattering.

Youth Sports Hero of the Month: Kyle Lograsso (Murrieta, California)

Adults often speak about "teachable moments," opportunities for perceptive teachers, coaches and parents to help young athletes draw positive lessons from a negative event. Sometimes the negative event is relatively trivial, such as losing a tough game in the final minute. But in the case of this month's youth sports hero, sometimes the negative event is much more serious.

Nutrition Experts

Nancy Clark: Peanut Butter Is My Top Food For Sports Nutrition

Submitted by Nutrition Experts on Mon, 10/01/2012 - 14:19. | comments

MomsTEAM has designated October as Sports Nutrition Month, and invited some old friends and some new ones in the nutrition field to share their wisdom by responding to a series of questions. We hope their answers will offer the always on-the-go sports parents we know you are some fresh ideas and choices for healthy, easy-to-make breakfasts, lunches, dinners and between-meal snacks and to help you stretch your food dollar.

Today we hear from sports nutritionist and MomsTEAM expert, Nancy Clark:

MomsTEAM: What do recommend sports-active kids eat for breakfast?

Leading sports dietitian Nancy Clark says the best breakfast is any breakfast, but clearly some breakfasts are better than others in terms of nutrient-density. The best include at least three different kinds of foods per meal.

Brooke de Lench

Another Concussion Book Review

Submitted by Brooke de Lench on Sun, 09/30/2012 - 21:39. | comments

Because I didn't blog about it, some of you may have missed my lengthy review last week of Dr. Bob Cantu's new book, Concussions and Our Kids: America's Leading Expert on How To Protect Young Athletes and Keep Sports Safe, which he co-authored with sports journalist Mark Hyman, the latest in a slew of concussion books that I have read and reviewed over the past couple of years (that will teach me; if I really want people to read what I write, I better at least mention it in a blog!).

Joint Hypermobility: An Exercise Program Can Help

The most important thing a young athlete can do to combat knee hypermobility is to follow an appropriate strength training program, especially one designed to protect the ACL.

Balance Training: Simple Rules For Success

When balance training programs are ineffective it isn't because an athlete is not doing the exercises, but more often because they are doing the exercises wrong.

Concussions and Our Kids: America's Leading Expert on How To Protect Young Athletes and Keep Sports Safe

About a month ago the folks at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt sent me a review copy of Dr. Bob Cantu's new book, Concussions and Our Kids: America's Leading Expert on How To Protect Young Athletes and Keep Sports Safe, which launched today and which he co-authored with sports journalist Mark Hyman. I took it to read on the short train ride from Boston to New York the very next day, and was able to finish it before the train pulled into Penn Station.

While it has much to recommend it, the book is marred by several pieces of advice it gives - or omits to give - that seem to ignore critical changes in the thinking of concussion experts over the past decade, including some from Dr. Cantu himself.

Reviewed by Brooke de Lench

Returning to Sports After ACL Surgery: Performance On Single Leg Hopping Tests A Good Yardstick

While physical therapists assess readiness of an athlete to return to sports after ACL reconstructive surgery in a variety of ways, research suggests that performance on a series of single leg hopping tests is a good yardstick.

Team of Experts