The Play Like a Champion Show interviews Dr. Joe Congeni. Dr. Congeni is the Director of Sports Medicine at Akron Children's Hospital and a pediatric sports medicine physician for over 30 years. On today's podcast we discuss the following topics:
Dr. Congeni's background in sports and medicine (3:20)
The evolution of pediatric sports medicine (5:20)
Specialization and how to safely train young athletes (8:40)
How Congeni's experience in sports medicine shaped his role as a youth sports coach (11:35)
Updates on concussions, knee injuries and back injuries in young athletes (17:10)
Where we're at with COVID-19 (24:15)
Thoughts on returning to play from COVID-19 (30:45)
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