Why Children Might Need Physical Therapy. ... A physical therapist will help them exercise their leg to safely build up strength, regain full muscle control, and ease the pain from the injury.

Lower back pain is the most common diagnosis seen by physical therapists. Most cases will resolve in less than two weeks with ...

Exercise improves the mental health outcomes for children and teens, with adolescents benefitting most from structured ...

From 4 to 7 April 2016, 24 researchers from 8 countries and from a variety of academic disciplines gathered in Snekkersten, Denmark, to reach evidence-based consensus about physical activity in ...

Exercise performance in children with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is impacted by COI, urbanization, and neighborhood wealth.

Purpose The goal of this meta-analysis was to aggregate available empirical studies on the effects of physical exercise on executive functions in preadolescent children (6–12 years of age), ...

And levels of exercise appeared to decline as children age – from an average of 4.2 hours a day among children the age of five to 2.5 hours a day for those aged 11 years.

Playing football, rugby or netball as a child could help ward off mental health problems in adolescence, a new study suggests. But time playing sports appears to taper off during children’s ...