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Osteoporosis - The earlier the prevention, the better the outcome
Help your children achieve peak bone density now, so they don’t have to deal with osteoporosis later. Exercise and nutrition are two vital steps for your children to take.If you think that osteoporosis is a disease that mostly affects older people…you’re right
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Children & Exercise
Contrary to popular belief, exercise (including weight training) is beneficial for children. The old school of thought is that exercise adversely affects a child’s development by damaging the growing area of bone, the growth plate.
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Is it safe for my child to start lifting weights?
Is it safe for my child to start lifting weights? Your child plays soccer and wants to know how she can get stronger. She has heard that some players lift weights to increase their strength, can she? Is she old enough? Will lifting weights damage her growing bones and muscles?
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Running into Spring
As the winter season fades behind us and warmer weather settles in, many are gearing up to get into “summer shape.” For some, it is merely a time to step up the regular exercise routine, for others, this may be the first attempt to shed pounds and tone muscles. One of the most popular ways to accomplish this is running.
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Will participating in sports make it harder for my child to do well in school?
A common concern raised by involved parents is: If my child plays a sport, will he or she have a harder time in school? It is true that participating in sports often requires a significant time commitment?
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Will participating in a sport make it harder for my child to do well in school?
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A common concern raised by involved parents is: If my child plays a sport, will he or she have a harder time in school? It is true that participating in sports often requires a significant time commitment. However, for the vast majority of students, sports may enhance their academic performance. Student-athletes have several advantages over other students. First, playing a sport offers important structure to the student’s day. Second, playing a sport makes a child more involved and engaged  in his daily life. This increased self-involvement makes him or her want to do better in every aspect of his or life, including studying. Along a similar line of thought, playing a sport increases a child’s self-esteem, and this too helps motivate him or her to study harder and perform better in school. Of course, playing an instrument, singing in the choir, or getting involved in other after-school activities can have similar results. In the early 1990s, the Princeton Regional School system in Princeton, NJ, undertook a study to find out if participating in an after school activity, including playing a sport, had an impact on students’ grades. The results showed that when a student participated in after-school activities, he/she did better in school.  Naturally, if a child participates in too many after school activities, it may certainly hinder his or her performance in school. How many is too many? Different children certainly have different thresholds for how many sports and other activities to be involved in. However, if your children are playing two or more sports after school and barely has time for dinner, it’s probably time to encourage them to take a break from one of their sports, focus on the one they like the best, and relax a little.
Grant Cooper, MD
Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
New York-Presbyterian Hospital
The University Hospitals of Columbia and Cornell
Related websites:
http://familyeducation.com/topic/front/0,1156,67-24665,00.html?relinks
http://www.campuschamps.com/SPC/rs16.shtml
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