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PrintAges & Stages - April 2011
Kids
Running-related Injuries on the rise
by Kathy Sena
According to the study, which appeared recently in the medical journal Clinical Pediatrics, the majority of running-related injuries were sprains and strains to the lower extremities. One third of the injuries involved a fall and more than half occurred at school.
The injuries varied by age. Younger children (6 to 14 years old) were more likely to be injured as the result of a fall and while running at school. Adolescents 15 to 18 years old, on the other hand, were more likely to sustain injuries while running in the street or at a sports-and-recreation facility.
"Encouraging children and adolescents to run for exercise is a great way to ensure that they remain physically active," says Lara McKenzie, Ph.D., principle investigator at the Center for Injury Research and Policy at Nationwide Children's Hospital.
However, she adds, formal age-specific guidelines are needed for young runners so that parents, coaches and physical-education teachers can teach children the proper way to run to reduce the risk of injury.?? Runnersworld.com has great tips on how kids and teens can run safely. Check out this article at http://bit.ly/g0G3F5.
Family
Walkers "Join the Movement®" to Create a World Free of MS
Come out and join in the walk to support The National Multiple Sclerosis (MS) Society, Oklahoma. This year, "Join the Movement®" with Walk MS: Lawton, which takes place at Elmer Thomas Park on Saturday, April 9.
About Multiple Sclerosis
Multiple sclerosis interrupts the flow of information between the brain and the body and stops people from moving. Every hour in the United States, someone is diagnosed with MS — an unpredictable, often disabling disease of the central nervous system. Symptoms range from numbness and tingling to blindness and paralysis. The progress, severity and specific symptoms of MS in any one person cannot yet be predicted, but advances in research and treatment are moving us closer to an MS-free world. Most people with MS are diagnosed between the ages of 20 and 50, with more than twice as many women as men affected by the disease. More than 400,000 people in the United States and 2.5 million worldwide live with MS. There are over 24,000 Oklahomans who are affected by MS.
Walkers Unite
More than 150 walkers are expected to come out and help raise the goal of $35,000. Funds raised here will support direct services for people with MS and their families in Oklahoma and research to find a cure for this chronic disease of the central nervous system.
