Full-contact sports seem to be a part of everyday life for manychildren (e.g. football, hockey, martial arts, wrestling, rugby,lacrosse, etc.). In terms of bone development, is this wise?Discuss risk versus reward. Are we promoting healthy lifestyleactivities or causing damaging health effects? Please specify agegroups within your discussions because, as we know, afive-year-old’s skeleton is much different than that of aneighteen-year-old.
