Heat, dehydration, and improper stretching or warmups can increase a growing athlete’s chance of getting leg and muscle cramps.

Learn the symptoms of dehydration, heat cramps, heat exhaustion and heat stroke in teen and youth athletes. Our experts provide tips to avoid these heat-related illnesses.

Learn why your teen’s pediatrician should perform their annual pre-participation sports physical exam.

Shin splints can be painful for growing athletes. Here are some ways to recognize risk factors for shin splints and tips for preventing them in kids and teens.

Young female athletes are built differently, with their own unique needs. Our pediatric orthopedic expert discusses common injuries in girls’ sports.

Young female athletes may have low energy availability, which can lead to amenorrhea or missed periods and low bone density. This is known as the female athlete triad.

Learn the differences between pediatricians, sports medicine primary care physicians and orthopedic surgeons, as well as the conditions in which a teen athlete should see a sports medicine primary care physician.

Children’s offers specialized care to keep female teen athletes in winning form and help them navigate the unique challenges of being a girl in sports.

A pediatric sports physical therapist can help your teen recover safely and quickly after an injury, and get him back to the game he loves.

Want to know if your child is ready to play sports again after an ACL surgery or knee injury? Our sports physical therapists recommend functional testing.