Baseball: Tommy Johns

Tommy Johns surgery is a ligament in your elbow is replaced by a tendon from elsewhere in your body.

Tips to prevent Tommy Johns surgery:

• make sure to stretch before playing
• pitchers should watch their pitch count
• make sure you have healthy mechanics

Football and hockey: concussions

A concussion is when someone gets hit in the head with enough force to shake the brain inside the skull.

Tips to prevent concussions:

• wear a mouthguard
• wear a helmet at all times during play
• avoid hits to your head

Basketball: knee injuries/ACL tears

An ACL tear is when you overstretch the ACL ligament in your knee

• stretch before play
• strengthen all muscles around your knee
• start training for your sport before the season begins, don’t just jump right into play