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Stress Fractures: How Nutrition Plays a Role
Many athletes with injuries seem to have overlapping nutritional concerns. In particular, gymnasts, dancers, soccer players, cross country runners and track & field athletes are being treated for stress fractures. For some, it’s a second or third stress...
Fueling for Home Runs: Nutrition Tips for Young Baseball Players
While baseball may not be considered an endurance sport or immediately thought of as a power sport, it still demands a level of energy and strength for successful catches, pitches, hits and runs. Additionally, baseball requires concentration, fine motor skills and...
Hip Injuries in Young Athletes
Pediatric orthopedic surgeon and associate director of clinical research, Henry B. Ellis, M.D., presented this as part of Coffee, Kids and Sports Medicine education series. Watch the full lecturePrint the PDF Ellis provided a detailed discussion of the history and...
Recognizing Athletes With Disordered Eating
A pediatric sports medicine physician and member of the Female and Male Athlete Triad Coalition, Jane S. Chung, M.D., shares the latest in energy availability and the consequences of under fueling for young athletes. Print the PDF Sports can place high demands on...
Luke’s Journey: Not Missing a Beat Through Scoliosis Treatment
Cover story previously published in Rite Up, 2021 – Issue 1. by Hayley Hair The rhythm, the tempo, and the heartbeat — all fitting descriptors for the function of a band’s percussion section, but using an even more compelling name like the backbone depicts their...
Checking In – Perthes Disease
Checking In – A Scottish Rite for Children Podcast, Episode 4 Perthes Disease Host: Clinical Nurse Manager, Jennifer Bowden, R.N. Expert Guests: Director of the Center for Excellence in Hip and pediatric orthopedic surgeon Harry Kim, M.D., M.S., and special guest...
FOX 4: Here’s to You – Be a Blessing Wreaths
Michael has a heart for giving. Be a Blessing Wreaths started as a class holiday project and has since turned into a passion project to give back to other kids. Michael makes, designs and sells festive wreaths and donates everything he raises to different...
Get to Know our Staff: Steven Sparagana, M.D.
Where did you go to college? Medical school? I spent two years at Georgetown University in Washington, DC prior to trekking to Texas to attend Texas A&M University. For medical school, I trained at UT Health San Antonio. Given that I attended both A&M...
FOX 4: Here’s to You – Kindness Matters
Patient Miles and his little brother, Ryder, are bringing awareness and hosting an online fundraiser on behalf of Scottish Rite for Children for their birthdays! “Scottish Rite is not just a hospital. It is a community,” the boys’ mother, Angela, writes on their...
Keeping Up with the Count: When Has She Rehearsed Enough?
In youth sports, this message is clear – excessive training puts an athlete at risk for injury. Young dancers may or may not be comfortable comparing their training to that of other “athletes,” but the concern for their safety is similar. Scottish Rite for Children...
Apophysitis of the Hip or Pelvis
The professionalization of youth sports has led to an epidemic of overtraining. With that comes an increase in injuries caused by overuse. Unlike injuries from overuse in adults, like carpal tunnel syndrome, pediatric overuse injuries occur at areas of the bones...
More Than Checking the Box: Effective Pre-Participation Physical Evaluations Help Young Athletes
Often buried in a long to-do list, the sports pre-participation evaluation (PPE) is something that deserves our full attention. The intent of the annual, required physical is to address concerns before they are a surprise in an athletic environment. Some screening...
FOX 4: Here’s to You – Luigi Mungioli
Longtime Scottish Rite for Children volunteer, Luigi Mungioli, is no stranger to giving back to others. A volunteer since 2012, Luigi has logged over 1,850 volunteer hours and since May 2020, has played a vital role in keeping patients safe. When COVID-19 hit, he...
Wellness in Youth Sports: Tips for Parents and Coaches of Young Athletes
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...
It’s a Whole New Game: Bridge Program Helps Young Baseball Players
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...