@ILoveBaseball04 posted:The story of the rapidly growing teen and weightlifting - just use a wee bit of caution. We did not realize until after my 14-year-old was injured that he was at the prime age for a stress fracture to his lower spine (most common is spondylolysis). In his case, we were very lucky to catch it at the stress reaction stage - had it progressed, it could have been an injury that kept him out for much longer. He first felt it while lunging with weights and then when swinging a bat or sprinting. After many weeks of PT, he seems to be recovered (the awesome part about being 14
), but he had to learn to be more patient (perhaps too much weight, too soon) and careful the hard way.
Thanks for sharing, it should be an addendum to HSDAD22 #3