Sports Medicine and Performance Center News

Wrestling puts serious stress on growing bodies. Learn how adolescent and teen wrestlers can prevent injuries with strength, mobility, and smart training.

CHOP’s Minds Matter Concussion Program team played a key role in a recently published research study that investigated how vision can impact concussion recovery.

Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) announced that seven of its physicians and researchers were among the 92 new members selected to join the American Pediatric Society (APS), one of North America's first and most prestigious academic pediatric organizations.

When thousands of young athletes gathered for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games, two CHOP pediatric sports medicine specialists were proud to be in the middle of the action.

Learn proper squat technique for field hockey. Build strength, improve agility, and prevent injuries with this step-by-step guide.

Researchers in the Division of Orthopedics at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) found that over the past decade, golf-cart injuries among children and adolescents increased, primarily due to insufficient safety features and weak regulations.

Learn about the benefits of rowing as an accessible, low-impact sport, and how to prevent common rowing-related injuries.

CHOP researchers study fixation techniques for avulsion factures of ischial tuberosity.

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) demonstrated how trochlear anatomy evolves during pediatric development with and without recurrent patellofemoral instability (PFI), a condition where the kneecap repeatedly slips out of its groove, causing pain, swelling and difficulty with physical activity. The findings, recently reported in a landmark study in the American Journal of Sports Medicine, highlighted that PFI in growing children worsens trochlear dysplasia, which can result in further kneecap instability, while those without PFI experienced natural improvements.

Researchers at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia today announced results from the first ever international survey of trochleoplasty experts, which they hope will help guide current practice and future research regarding this procedure.