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  Play it safe

 
M ore than 3.5 million American children younger than 15 are treated for sports injuries every year, according to SafeKids USA. The nonprofit organization reports about half those injuries are the result of solo activities like biking or skateboarding. Team sports are the source of the rest. Of injuries that result in emergency room visits, 40 percent occur between May and August.

  The prevalence of injury and the upcoming National Safe Kids Week have prompted Hughston Orthopedic Hospital to sponsor a lunchtime seminar on April 24 called "Safe or Sorry: Playing It Safe." Dr. Christopher Bowman, an orthopedist and sports medicine specialist, will share tips on playing safely and preventing basic sports injuries.

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  "Injuries in sports are inevitable," says Dr. Bowman. But in addition to traumas, he is seeing more and more sports injuries that are a result of overuse.

 He points to sports ...

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