Youth Soccer Insider

Here in New York State, youth soccer was able to start training on July 6 with games rebooting on July 27. Yet there continue to be sensible restrictions on games as teams from outside thestate’s region (Long Island is one region, New York City is another, etc.) and outside the neighboring county cannot travel to […]

People are coming into my clinical office again with ankle sprains, and this makes me happy. No, I’m not happy because they’re hurt, but I am happy because it means that folks are slowlyfinding a way to safely navigate our COVID restrictions and get back to sports. An ankle sprain is an injury that’s typically […]

The U-9 kids were confused. The ball had gone out of play on the side of the field where their coaches were not. No one knew what to do. This guy with a yellow shirt and a black maskwas motioning with two hands over his head. What did that mean? Yes, the person in the […]

In today’s post I want to visit some thoughts on pregame and pre-training food. This means a small meal, snack, or other food product. I’ve covered pregame hydration, and we’ve also provided some ideas on post-workout food. As itis with so many aspects of nutrition, there’s quite a bit of controversy around pregame nutrition. I’m […]

Last week I wrote about increased risk for knee injuries, with poor form on squats and lunges, and unaccustomed plyometrics. The fact is that increasing strength is a critical component of injury riskreduction, it’s just that you have to do it correctly. This week, let’s look at another controversial topic. Does stretching help? Between increasing […]

There’s quite a bit of controversy between fitness professionals and medical professionals about the safety of various lower extremity conditioning activities. As an orthopedic surgeon, Itypically see folks in the clinic after something has gone wrong so it’s a skewed population. But over and over again I see common themes emerge. I think of these […]

(Higher than normal  temperatures have beenpredicted for most parts of the USA though September and more than a thousand heat records were set across the nation during the second week of July. 

(Because a record-setting heat wave is hitting the nation, and in some areas youth soccer is returning in various phases, we republish this article that first appeared in Soccer America in Augustof 2018. For U.S. Soccer’s return to play recommendations — to be “implemented only if and when local regulations deem it safe” — go […]