Wow! Neither of mine play football and this is our first year with the rec organization so I didn't realize how hard they've been hit already. We were at a run in May this year and they have a ton of vendor booths---one in particular was a new Wellness/Sports Rehab type place who was making it a point to talk to parents of kids who were running to say "Hey, we see you, we want to help you, we have an ortho, and sports medicine doctors, and training and regiments aimed at keeping kids healthy and free from overuse injuries." On one hand I was like "Okay, they want our money," which I'm sure is part of it, but I scheduled an appointment for older and was surprised to see how comprehensive they were aiming their facility at kids. We had already consulted doctors and a few others to ensure she wasn't running too much, she was wearing the right shoes for her feet...etc, but we now use them just to keep tabs on her.
I remember seeing articles about injuries in pitchers they don't normally see until adulthood that now youth kids are needing, I don't remember what it's called---something in the elbow---I wonder if baseball is getting hit too.