Summary: <br> Growth Plate Injuries are hard to identify unless you know what to look for. <a href="https://www.utphysicians.com/provider/lindsay-m-crawford/">Dr. Lindsay Crawford</a> specializes in Pediatric Orthopedics and shares some of her wisdom with the Sports Medicine Broadcast.<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://sportsmedicinebroadcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/IMG_0576.jpg"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> The location of the pain is an indicator<br> <br> <br> <br> Is it at the joint itself or on the bone adjacent?<br> <br> <br> <br> Dr. Crawford likes to have xrays before doing a lot of special tests on athletes with swelling<br> <br> <br> <br> How can they verbalize?<br> <br> <br> <br> Take your time<br> <br> <br> <br> Look all around<br> <br> <br> <br> Break it down and say words they understand<br> <br> <br> <br> Use your normal system for evaluating<br> <br> <br> <br> Give them a distraction - maybe close their eyes<br> <br> <br> <br> I try to not clue them into what I am looking at.<br> <br> <br> <br> Little league elbow - what tips do you have?<br> <br> <br> <br> Year-round baseball is huge in the southern states where you can play all year long.<br> <br> <br> <br> You need to have a feel for the parents and kid and know if you can say rest or not throw anything at all other than in a life-threatening situation.<br> <br> <br> <br> Return to throwing instructions are complex and have a lot of steps.<br> <br> <br> <br> After they begin their program require them to come back into the clinic to re-evaluate<br> <br> <br> <br> Speak to the Mental Health of the kids that get shut down.<br> <br> <br> <br> Know what the patient's goal is, and form a plan that works and they can follow.<br> <br> <br> <br> Do we have an end point or goal<br> <br> <br> <br> The curveball and growth plate injuries?<br> <br> <br> <br> If there was no pain, and then they started throwing the curve ball and pain started, we need to cut out the curve.<br> <br> <br> <br> If you have mysterious knee pain then check the hip.<br> <br> <br> <br> Growing pains are real<br> <br> <br> <br> Some kids have growing pains<br> <br> <br> <br> 3-6-year-olds, typically have pain in their calf or knee<br> <br> <br> <br> They can not relate it to any activity<br> <br> <br> <br> @UTPedsOrtho on TikTok and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/utpedsortho/">Instagram</a><br> <br> <br> <br> Contact Us:<br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <br> <a href="https://sportsmedicinebroadcast.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/DonorsChoose.jpg"></a><br> <br> <br> <br> <br>
