Growth plate injuries, often mistaken for sprains, are common in children and adolescents and can affect bone development. These injuries occur at the ends of long bones and can result in stunted or ...

Young athletes are training harder than ever. Know how excessive sports training can cause growth plate injuries in children and what parents should watch for. Sports and training for young kids are ...

How tall will any given adolescent human grow? Sometimes doctors will image a teen’s growth plates to find out. This micrograph shows a growth plate and other tissues in a human bone. How tall will ...

It happens in a flash. Kids are playing, running, jumping and doing all the wonderful things parents want them to do away from their screens, and then you hear it: the cry that says this time it’s the ...