Many of the young athletes I train are extremely active and play multiple organised sports throughout the week. I believe that this motivation and enthusiasm shown by many young athletes to play sport should certainly be encouraged, however, there needs to be more education around the potentially harmful effects too much high impact sport may have on a growing body. Growing injuries such as “Severs” and “Osgood-Schlatter's” are bone-related injuries that commonly occur (presenting as heel pain or knee pain) in young, active athletes where the repetitive impact of too much sport can play havoc on bones that have not ...