Holiday meals are commonly associated with an excessive intake of food and drink. Here are some sensible recommendations for more health-conscious holiday choices, especially when it comes to athletes in your family. Involve Children in Meal Preparation: With more school-age children on holiday for the entire...

We are very excited to announce that starting on July 6th, Dr. Ashika Sharma will be offering specialty pediatric and sports medicine care to ActiveKidMD patients and families. Dr. Sharma is board-certified in both pediatrics and sports medicine and has been a practicing pediatrician for 10...

ActiveKidMD also partners with award winning Anytime Pediatrics to expand availability of pediatric and sports medicine telemedicine services Anaheim Hills, Calif. – February 8, 2021 – ActiveKidMD is pleased to announce that for the sixth consecutive year, Chris Koutures, MD, FAAP has been named as an...

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...

There is no doubt that concussion sleep problems can make a difficult injury even more miserable. Reports and experience find that poor sleep is linked with increased symptoms and longer recoveries. Too much sleep that limits sensible daily activity can also slow recovery. So, when dealing with concussion,...