World is becoming more and more competitive with each passing day. Parents want their kids to excel in everything they participate in, be it studies or sports. When a kid or a teenager enrolls for sports training, their parents motivate and encourage them to perform their best. They enroll their teenagers in sports camps and other activities associated with sports. Yearlong field practices and sports schedules are exposing the teenagers and kids to greater risk of sports associated Injuries. The increasing number of sports injuries in the teenage population is a matter of concern for health professionals all around the world.

All the health care organization and health care specialists recommend the fact that prevention is better than cure. So, following are the steps that parents can take to make sure that their kids and teenagers don’t suffer from any sports injuries and these are highly recommended by the sports physicians:

• Medical check-up: Make sure you get your child checked for back-to-school physical. A preseason physical helps the trainers and the parents to assess whether the child is fit to participate in the sports training and activities. A physical or a full body check-up is essential as it often brings forth the sign of the ailments or weakness in child’s health. As the sports activities require involvement and stress for long hours, the medical check-up helps the trainer frame the schedule in a way that doesn’t hamper the kid’s health issues.

• Have the talk: An understanding between the kids and the parents is highly essential for successful and healthy practices in the kid’s life. As a parent you should make sure that your child is free and comfortable to talk to you if they are suffering from any pain post the sports sessions. This is essential since children often go beyond their limit and end up getting injured during sports activities.

• Change is essential: Sports and exercise medicine experts stress on the effect of participating same sports or exercise routine for more than two days weeks.

• Warming up is important: Often the trainers spend hours to teach the kids and teenagers about the warming up sessions prior to sports practice. But often kids tend to ignore these sessions and get involved in the activities in the field without first attending the warming up exercises. As a parent, you need to explain to the child the important of warming up the muscles with simple stretching exercises. Warmed up muscles are generally less vulnerable to injuries. This can help the kids to prevent sever injuries.

If your kid gets a sports injury despite the above steps of preventions, you can treat the injuries by RICE: R- Rest the injured body part completely; I- Ice pack application for short 20 minutes interval throughout the day; C- Compression of the injured body part using splints, special boots, elastic wraps and air casts; E- Elevation of the injured body part above the level of the heart helps to reduce the swelling.