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24 GoodLifeFamilyMag.com SEPTEMBER OCTOBER 2015 goodHEALTH Teen Athletes and Sports Injuries With a new school year comes a new season of school sports for teens. And with that comes the commitment to two-a-days and practice the intensity of play coaches demands the pressure to be the best they can be and of course the fierce competition. You can just feel their adrenaline pumpinguntil someone gets hurt. As parents we share our teens passion for perfection and peak performance in sports yet a little voice in the back of our heads warns that they could get hurt. Is it possible to have it both ways Its time to ask yourself is your athlete really ready Every season it seems that there are new challenges and new chances for injury but also new ways to protect our kids with newer and better technology. Dr. Nick Peters Executive Medical Director of Advance ER 24 Hour Emer- gency Center in Dallas says that the proper sports gear is paramount to help- ing prevent injuries. Equipment has come a long way and today can help decrease the likelihood of all injuries. Natasha Adelstein of Highland Park IL knows the importance of proper equipment and how rapidly safety technology evolves all too well. On June 28 2014 her son Adam a 17-year-old pitcher on his high school baseball team was hit by a speeding fly ball in the head and jaw. His jaw was severed and he experienced in- ternal brain hemorrhaging causing him to undergo a craniotomy which is serious brain surgery. Had the surgical team not performed surgery immediately Adam could have bled out and died because the artery inside his skull was partially severed. Natasha says Had there been a Kevlar lin- er in Adams hat it would have protected Adam and made his injury less severe. She explains Kevlar is a recently intro- duced material not widely avail- able one year ago. She advises other parents to research the latest protective gear and to make sure your teen uses or wears it. In addition to serious injuries like Adams many doctors report seeing acute traumatic injuries like fractures sprains or concussions. Dr. Kwabena Blankson a pediatrician with subspe- cialty training in Adolescent Medi- cine says Joint sprains can occur during practice or game play but can also commonly occur when a previous injury is poorly re- habbed. He also notes that concussions can occur in many sports. Its a com- BE AWARE TAKE CARE AND WEAR PROTECTIVE GEAR by Karyn Brodsky StaffWriter