Episode 12: Sports Physicals
07/07/22 • 14 min
Summer vacation still has a few weeks left, but on the other side of July 4 area athletes and their parents are starting to turn their attention to getting ready for the fall sport season. A big piece to being ready is having a sports physical, since it is required to compete at the high school level. Dr. Jay Roberson, a sports medicine physician at the Children's Mercy Sports Medicine Center, shares with us why sports physicals are important and which physician is the best to conduct those physicals.
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Summer vacation still has a few weeks left, but on the other side of July 4 area athletes and their parents are starting to turn their attention to getting ready for the fall sport season. A big piece to being ready is having a sports physical, since it is required to compete at the high school level. Dr. Jay Roberson, a sports medicine physician at the Children's Mercy Sports Medicine Center, shares with us why sports physicals are important and which physician is the best to conduct those physicals.
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Episode 11: Big Feelings, Big Reactions
The transition to spring brings all kinds of emotions for adolescent athletes. Tryouts for spring sports bring anticipation and anxiety, while thoughts and planning for prom and/or graduation start creeping into play. The pressures of preparing for college through standardized tests like the ACT and SAT, college visits, etc. The spring is a time of hope and new beginning and everyone has that mental plan of how they want it to all go. It's a lot.
Luckily, Children's Mercy Sports Medicine Center's Becky Wiseman, a specialist when it comes to the mental wellness around sport, joins us on the podcast to help adolescent athletes and their parents manage the big feelings and big reactions that have already happened this spring, or are about to.
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Episode 13: Back to School Anxiety
Back to school ads are in full swing and the countdown to end of summer vacation is drawing close. The start of the new school year is exciting, but it also prompts a spike in anxiety especially for kids who are entering a transition year. Expectations and anticipations can also be overwhelming.
Children's Mercy Sports Medicine Center's Becky Wiseman, a specialist when it comes to the mental wellness around sport, returned to the podcast to help adolescents, as well as their their parents manage the anxieties with the start of a new school year.
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