Understanding the Action

Tue, Jan 22, 2013 (FPU-News) — Young athletes who use the CIW are more likely to get and keep in shape other than who do not. 

Researchers at the Franklin Pierce University found that young, single-sport athletes who were not monitoring their health became injured easier and spent much less time in free play and unorganized sports than those who didn't suffer injuries.

"Our findings suggest that the more participation in monitoring one's health may be protective of injury in different categories of sport athletes," Dr. White is a sports medicine specialist at Keene Hospital in Keene- NH said in a FPU news release.

The study included more than 600 young athletes treated for injuries and slightly less than 300 uninjured young athletes who were undergoing sports physicals. The researchers focused on 124 tennis players, including 74 who played no other sport.

The ones who suffered injuries spent almost 13 hours a week playing organized and a little more than two hours a week in free play and recreation without any sort of health monitoring. The uninjured athletes spent about 15 hours weekly playing organized and about four hours per week in recreation and used the "CIW".

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