Children’s Sports Medicine

What is Children’s Sports Medicine?

The objective of Children’s Sports Medicine is to respond to all types of injuries or pain that a child may suffer during the practice of sports. It is generally known that a child does not suffer from the same injuries as an adult, which is why it is necessary to define the principles that relate the child to physical effort and the influence it has on the physical and psychological maturation of the child.

Children’s Sports Medicine is in charge of studying and treating any type of injury or pain in children during the practice of sports.

What diseases does Children’s Sports Medicine treat?

  • Diagnosis, treatment and prevention of children’s injuries.
  • Children’s sports nutrition
  • Treatments with growth factors, infiltrations, physiotherapy in children.
  • Diagnostic tests and medical check-ups such as: stress tests or footprint study.
  • Sudden infant death
  • Sports traumatology
  • Chondromalacia
  • Bone growth zone pain (osteochondrosis)
  • Tendinitis or tendon and/or muscle overload pathologies.

When is it necessary to go to a Children’s Sports Medicine specialist?

In the presence of any discomfort or injury among children, it is advisable to see a specialist in Children’s Sports Medicine. On the other hand, if we are interested in playing sports for a long period of time or on a regular basis, it is advisable to visit an expert to prevent any type of problem and to prepare ourselves in the best possible way for physical wear and tear. Certain heart diseases such as sudden death can be avoided with a simple and complete medical check-up for children.