Ouch! Young Soccer Players Sidelined By Painful Toes

This is a bad time of year to be a juvenile toenail. Suffolk, Va. foot and ankle surgeon Matthew Dairman, DPM, FACFAS, says he sees a lot of children with ingrown toenails during fall soccer season. “It seems like every child is enrolled in a league,” says Dairman, “The young kids wear hand-me-down cleats that don’t fit exactly right. The older kids like tighter cleats to get a better feel for the ball and the field. [click link for full article]

More: continued here

Filed under: Sports Medicine / Fitness on October 5th, 2007