Tuesday, August 18, 2026
Friday nights are back in East Texas. Whether your athlete suits up for Tyler Legacy, Tyler High, Whitehouse, Chapel Hill, Lindale, Bullard, or one of the private programs around town, the next four months will ask more of their body than any other stretch of the year.Most of them will come through it fine. The research on youth football is more reassuring than the headlines suggest — more than 90% of young players finish a season without an injury that keeps them off the field. But some won't, and the difference between a two-week problem and a two-month problem usually comes down to what happens in the first few days.Here's what we tell the families who walk into our clinic in Tyler every August.... Read More
