Dr. Chris Koutures recognized for his significant contribution to the sports science of volleyball ActiveKidMD is pleased to announce that USA Volleyball has honored Chris Koutures, MD, FAAP with the Jonathan Reeser Sport Science Award. This distinction was given to Dr. Koutures in reorganization of his...
Have you noticed that your teenage athlete had a big growth spurt over the last few months? I’ve seen several young athletes recently for annual physicals and found that many of them have grown quite a bit taller since March. This shouldn’t be a major surprise. In the...
They can be hard to understand, hard to suspect, and have unpredictable healing times. WHAT ARE BONE STRESS INJURIES? In describing bone stress injuries to patients, I often use the analogy of bending my pen while bored in class one day. If I just start trying to...
Elbow Pain in Baseball Players Throwing a ball places unique stresses on the elbow. During a throw, structures on the inside of the elbow are stretched (blue arrows in picture). At the same time, structures on the outside of the elbow are pushed together (red arrows...
I recently heard an amazing Finding Mastery podcast featuring Dr. Matthew Walker, author of the highly acclaimed book “Why We Sleep.” The Finding Mastery podcast series is hosted by high performance psychologist Dr. Michael Gervais. I first met Dr. Gervais through our collaboration with USA Volleyball...
If you play volleyball, you are probably going to sprain one or both of your ankles. Maybe it will be from chasing down a chaotic out of system ball, or perhaps from a foot-on-foot collision under the net. We can’t always prevent these awkward on-court...
Delayed Puberty is a common concern for young people and their parents. ActiveKidMD thanks UC Irvine/Children's Hospital of Orange County Pediatric Resident Michael Peyton for his expertise on the topic. Read on to learn more about delayed puberty and if you or your child should be concerned...
When Volleyballmag.com asked me to write on volleyball jump training, I jumped at the opportunity. I'll apologize about the pun- but won't apologize about wanting to cover this important topic the right way. I started off by wanting to find solid answers to the following questions: [caption id="attachment_16757"...
The new sports physical forms are shorter! The new sports physical forms are shorter! Yes, there is much joy in the sports medicine world. I helped develop national guidelines that include the new forms and indeed, we heard the call to make the forms shorter. As an American...
On a fairly frequent basis, I will see patients who say “I think I have spider bites”. I tend to be greeted by something like this raised “angry” appearing area. It usually has a raised central yellow component surrounded by a red, tense outer rim. [caption id="attachment_16584" align="alignnone"...