Iowa doctors treating more injuries among young athletes Share Updated: 6:43 AM CDT May 7, 2021 Share Updated: 6:43 AM CDT May 7, 2021
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Show Transcript MIXMASTER, IN THE GREEN. ERIC: THE SPRING SPORTS SEASON IS NOW IN FULL SWING. ALYX: KNEW THIS MORNING, DOCTORS SAY THEY’RE SEEING A LOT OF YOUTH ATHLETES WITH INJURIES AND OVERUSED MUSCLES. ERIC: KCCI’S TOMMIE CLARK IS LIVE IN ANKENY AT THE PRAIRIE RIDGE SPORTS COMPLEX WITH SOME ADVICE FOR PARENTS. WHAT ARE THEY SAYING? TOMMIE: FIRST OF ALL, THIS COMPLEX HOSTS 3000 TOURNAMENTS EACH YEAR, INCLUDING ON THIS BEAUTIFUL FACE BALL DIAMONDS. THE DOCTORS ARE SAYING THAT NOW THE SPORTS SEASON IS UNDERWAY, THEY ARE SEEING MORE YOUNG ATHLETES IN THEIR OFFICES. THEY ARE TRAINING HARDER, TOO. WE ARE SEEING AN UPTICK IN MORE ENTRIES IN THE YOUNGER PATIENTS AND ALSO STRESS INJURIES AND THE YOUNGER PATIENTS. TOMMIE: DR. CHRISTOPHER KIM SAYS IS AN ORTHOPEDIC SURGEON AT THE IOWA CLINIC AND ALSO