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Back to Episodes34. Preventing #Burnout in Youth Sports with Dr. Joel Brenner
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Did you know almost 70% of kids drop out of sports by age 13? We talk with Dr. Joel Brenner, pediatric sports medicine physician and national expert in youth sports, about how to keep kids involved in sports. Dr. Brenner is the co-author of the American Academy of Pediatrics' recent Clinical Report on on overuse injuries over-training and burnout in young athletes. He shares practical strategies to reduce burnout and over use injuries in our young athletes. Most importantly, we're going to find out how early is too early for kids to specialize in one sport.
Our Guest: Dr. Brenner is a pediatric sports medicine physician and Director of the Sports medicine, Sports concussion, and Dance medicine programs at Children's Hospital of the King's daughters in Norfolk, Virginia.
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