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293 Expert Edition: Professor Belinda Beck (Founder The Bone Clinic) 'Bone Stress Injuries in Adolescent Athletes'

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The Risk of Bone Stress Injuries in the Adolescent Athlete

There is seemingly a heightened risk through those periods of growth of the bones for these bone stress injuries. It's because the bone is grown in length enormously, but as Stuart has mentioned, it's not fully mineralised immediately. So if you're doing a lot of those things that kids tend to do, kick the soccer ball around or playing a bit of footy in the lunch hour or, you know, parkour. And that's the time where we can pose more risk,. The two create a perfect storm, really. I was thinking you might be happy you've seen your son jump off things and land heavily and awkwardly, because there is also that positive adaptation. He jumps on his

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