SAN DIEGO (Reuters) - With child athletes becoming increasingly competitive and training more rigorous at younger ages, orthopedic doctors said they are seeing an alarming rise in sports injuries simply from kids overdoing it.
Doctors at a major orthopedic meeting in San Diego said children as young as 4 years old are sustaining overuse injuries such as stress fractures and tendinitis.
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