Considering The Youth Athlete Before the Injury!

No one looks at the youth athlete as a whole person...

All individuals have unique biomechanics that are influenced by genetics and will affect the many different activities, sports, and traumas we endure. The imbalances originate in the feet. There follows a domino effect going up the structure of the human body and creating compensatory sites of increased mechanical loading (abnormal weight bearing), which will predictably cause involved joints, tendons and muscles to wear out prematurely.

These imbalances also increase the young athlete’s vulnerability for immediate injuries. Our goal should be to identify these sites sooner rather than later and to begin proactively to make adjustments and improvements to reduce the degree of breakdown over the course of a young athlete’s life. Although these sites do not have to be symptomatic, symptoms are often associated with these imbalances.

Learn how Dr. Carmona can assist with nurturing your youth athlete to mediate injuries.