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Your child's health and safety is our top priority. Please search our resource library for information on health, nutrition, fitness, injury prevention and other important topics.

Exercise Safety

Muscle Cramps

Muscle cramps are pains that happen when muscles suddenly tighten for a few seconds or minutes. They’re common and usually aren’t serious.

Nosebleeds

A nosebleed can be scary, but it's rarely cause for alarm. Here's how to handle one at home.

Osgood-Schlatter Disease

Osgood-Schlatter disease (OSD) is one of the most common causes of knee pain in adolescents. It's really not a disease, but an overuse injury.

Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Runner's Knee)

Patellofemoral pain syndrome (or runner's knee) is the most common overuse injury among runners, but it can also happen to other athletes who do activities that require a lot of knee bending.

Plantar Fasciitis

Plantar fasciitis is pain on the bottom of the foot and heel from too much pressure on the foot. People who do a lot of standing, running, or jumping often have it.

Preventing Children's Sports Injuries

Participation in sports can teach kids sportsmanship and discipline. But sports also carry the potential for injury. Here's how to protect your kids.

Repetitive Stress Injuries in Sports

Repetitive stress injuries (RSIs) happen when movements are repeated over and over, damaging a bone, tendon, or joint.

Rotator Cuff Tendonitis

Rotator cuff tendonitis is inflammation of the tendons of the rotator cuff, a group of muscles and tendons in the shoulder bones.

Safety Tips: Baseball

Baseball usually isn’t dangerous. But players can get injured from things like wild pitches, batted balls, and collisions in the field. These safety tips can help.

Safety Tips: Basketball

Basketball is fun, but it's also a contact sport, and injuries happen. To stay safe on the basketball court, take a look at these safety tips.