Seattle Children's Hospital's sports medicine team featured on NBC King 5

Orthopedic Sports Medicine

Seattle NBC affiliate King 5 News featured John Hansell Lockhart, MD, of Seattle Children's Hospital, discussing how he has suffered numerous injuries himself, and that experience allows him to empathize with his patients.

"If we think you can compete or practice safely with an injury, we'll tell you how to do that and what restrictions they need to abide by," Dr. Lockhart told King 5.

 

When dealing with young athletes, Dr. Lockhart also spoke of how extra stress to growth plates can lead to injuries that a matured skeleton would not suffer. Because of this, the hospital's sports medicine program implements injury prevention programs, especially ones focused on ACL injuries, said the report.

 

 

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