kettlebell instructor and finally paul simpson is fifteen years old freshman football player at ridgewood high school who is diagnosed with a stress fracture earlier this year. i want to thank all of you for joining us. talking about youth related sports injuries. um.. doctor, do we have... and by the way lots of information throughout this show websites, use them. right so we're here from public broadcasting. we have two kids, nine eleven two boys involved in youth sports. see injuries everyday. sometimes you say eh it's part of it no big deal. do we have an epidemic of youth sports injuries? i don't know if it's an epidemic but um do we have a serious problem? there's a problem what is it? i think what-- there's lots of problems. one is that in sports, starting at the professional level, working it's way down the intent is too much to win, to hurt and i think we've lost sight of the beauty of sports and player development. what do you mean hurt? give me an example to hurt. well i think, uh, you know in football players um, hurl themselves at other players head first and injure their nec