Torn ACLs, other big injuries hit little athletes

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This September 2007 photo provided by the Maddox family shows McCall Maddox (6) playing football in Jacksboro Texas. Injuries once seen mostly in adult athletes are now becoming distressingly common in children -- and not just high-school athletes bu ...
This September 2007 photo provided by the Maddox family shows McCall Maddox (6) playing football in Jacksboro, Texas. Injuries once seen mostly in adult athletes are now becoming distressingly common in children -- and not just high-school athletes, but elementary school kilds. Worse, some injuries to little limbs don't have good treatments. The surgery that fixed Tiger Woods' torn ACL, for instance, can stall the growth of a young child's leg. (AP Photo/Maddox Family)

(AP) -- A 14-year-old gymnast with a stress fracture in her lower back. A 12-year-old who tore his ACL in a soccer game. A 16-year-old runner with a leg stress fracture. A 15-year-old who tore his meniscus playing basketball.


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