Episode 8: Handling Mistakes and Losses

12/09/21 • 30 min

Even though athletes can appear super-human at times, at the end of the day we are all human and mistakes and falling on the short side of the scoreboard are just facts of life when it comes to the world of sport. What are some things that can help our adolescent athletes with handling mistakes and accepting defeat? Children's Mercy Sports Medicine Center's Becky Wiseman, a specialist when it comes to the mental aspect of sport, teaches us how to see this challenges as opportunities to improve, mature and grow, while emerging as a stronger person.

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Episode 7: Overuse Injuries

Sport participation is at the core of the Children’s Mercy Sports Medicine Center’s mission statement, as it promotes the physical and emotional well-being of student-athletes, while encouraging a lifelong habit of exercise. Although the benefits of athletic activity are significant, too much activity can lead to injury – especially when specific actions are repeated over a long period of time.

Our guest for this episode is Greg Canty, MD, a sports medicine physician at Children’s Mercy. Dr. Canty has extensive medical training including seven years of medical school and pediatrics residency at the University of Louisville, three years of emergency medicine fellowship at Children’s Mercy, and a year of sports medicine fellowship at the University of Colorado.

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Episode 9: Surge in ACL Injuries

The COVID-19 pandemic has brought a lot of things, and one of those might be an uptick in ACL injuries among adolescent athletes. We talked with pediatric orthopedic surgeon Dr. Donna Pacicca from the Children's Mercy Sports Medicine Center about this trend, as well as treatments and medical developments in ACL injuries. The conversation provided great insights into ACL injuries in male and female athletes, as well as a terrific description on what the ACL is and does in the knee.