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Sent: Tuesday, March 27, 2001 12:41 AM
Subject: Child Development & Heavy Weights
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Should we not consider the adaptive modeling and remodeling of bone in
response to functional and/or training demands, i.e. the physiological basis
of Wolff's Law?
Bob DuVall, PT, MMSc, OCS
> On 26/03/2001, Nechama Karman<[log in to unmask]> writes:
>
> << I agree, except for one detail: who recommends that children jump off
the
> roof? while children may do so, most adults would be militantly against
> that too. >>
>
> ***Children do many things that parents would not like them to do. This
is
> a fact of life, just like all Americans know the laws about speeding, yet
> most of them at some time ignore them.
>
> Anyway, even if children do not jump off roofs, trees and high objects
(show
> me any child who does not!), the simple acts of recreational running and
> jumping can impose forces exceeding 5 times bodyweight on the child's
growing
> frame. What should we do about this? Simple! Teach them the most
effective
> ways of carrying out any movement in life and that includes lifting
weights
> or heavy objects, plus knowing how to fall and land (all children who do
judo
> or wrestling learn these skills from day one). Don't let them learn by
> suffering injuries which could have been prevented by skill training.
>
> Dr Mel C Siff
> Denver, USA
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Supertraining/
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