Recommended Web Sites

The American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons: Sports - Great fact sheets from this organization on all sorts of sports topics.

familyeducation.com: Winter Sports Safety - This commercial site offers tips on enjoying winter sports safely.

Mayo Clinic: Sports Injuries A-Z - MayoClinic.com gives you access to the experience and knowledge of the more than 2,000 physicians and scientists of the Mayo Clinic. The articles found here may help you avoid injuries.

Sports Safety Tips - Great safety tips from the American Academy of Family Physicians (scroll to list towards bottom of page).

American Association of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgeons: Treating and Preventing Facial Injury - This not-for-profit professional association provides information on helmets, face masks, and mouth guards and the sports in which they should be worn. This site is in PDF format and requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.

American College of Sports Medicine - Safety information can be found in this organization’s newsletter, Fit Society Page, as well as in their product purchase recommendations. Much of this site is in PDF format and requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.

American Red Cross: Water Safety Tips - Safety tips on topics from boating to water skiing can be accessed here.

Baseball Safety for Children - The Journal of the American Medical Association has created this fact sheet.

Bicycle Helmets Do's and Don'ts - The Mayo Clinic offers these tips.

Childhood Sports Injuries and Their Prevention:
A Guide for Parents with Ideas for Kids - National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases has provided this information.

Dehydration and Related Hazards in Summer Youth Sports - The Mayo Clinic provides advice on how to play safely in the heat.

Five Ways to Avoid Sports Injuries - KidsHealth puts up this great list.

Golf: How To Get Your Golf Swing in Gear - The Mayo Clinic provides these hints.

Hiking and Camping Safety - The Red Cross has created this list of tips.

KidsHealth For Parents: Gearing Up for Bicycle Safety - This site was created by the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media and aims to provide the best children's health information on the Internet. The information found here is written specifically for parents.

MEDLINEplus: Sports Safety - Developed by the National Library of Medicine, this consumer health site directs the user to selected online resources on many common diseases, conditions, and concerns.

Mouthguards - The American Dental Association shares the best ideas about mouth protection.

National Bike Safety Network - The goal of the National Bicycle Safety Network is to help coordinate efforts among government, private, non-profit, and research organizations to improve bicycling safety and increase safe bicycle use. Links to information on bike safety programs, helmet use, statistics, and legislation can be found here.

Preventing Sports-Related Injuries - This information is courtesy of the Cleveland Clinic.

Recommended Sports Eye Protection - PreventBlindness has created this fact sheet.

Safe or Sorry: A Parent's Guide to Sports Injury Prevention - Lots of useful information from the Arthritis Foundation can be found here. General safety tips, first aid, sun safety and proper gear are among the topics addressed.

Safer Child: General Sports Safety - The site provides numerous links to resources for information related to sports safety.

Sports Safety - The University of Michigan offers this great information about kids and trampolines, hockey, coaching issues, eye protection, and much more.

TeensHealth: Bike Safety OR Sports and Exercise Safety - This site was created by the Nemours Foundation's Center for Children's Health Media and aims to provide the best children's health information on the Internet. The information found here is written specifically for teenagers.

Tips for Buying Sports Eye Protectors - Prevent Blindness America offers these tips.

Trampoline Safety - The American Academy of Pediatric offers tips on keeping safe while enjoying the trampoline.

U.S. Consumer Safety Product Commission: Recreational & Sports Safety Publications - Here one can obtain information on a number of safety topics such as trampoline, baseball, and scooter safety. Some of the links are in PDF format and requires an Adobe Acrobat Reader for viewing.

Woods and Camping Safety - KidsHealth has prepared this information.