Fig. 00 — Field Notes
TeenInjury.org
A field guide to preventing and understanding sports injuries.
Built by a teen athlete, for teen athletes — this site translates real research and clinical reasoning into guides, case files, and tools that go past what a basic search turns up. No filler, no recycled "10 stretches" lists.
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Guides, not generic listicles
Exercise selection based on your mobility, the tissue you're loading, and the movement pattern you're training — not a copy-pasted top-10 list.
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Research, translated
Real immunology and biomechanics papers, broken down into language a teen athlete (or their parent) can actually use.
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Tools, not just articles
Interactive self-check tools that walk you through what you're feeling instead of leaving you to self-diagnose from a search result.
Latest Field Notes
View allFig. 01 · Injury Prevention Guide
The Right Warm-Up: How to Actually Pick Exercises That Work
Most warm-up advice is copy-pasted. This is a framework for choosing exercises based on your mobility, the tissue you're loading, and the kind of movement you're about to do.
Fig. 02 · Research Translated
Your Body Is Fighting Itself to Heal You
Why inflammation isn't the enemy, what the immune system is actually doing in the first 72 hours after an injury, and why icing everything might be working against you.
Fig. 03 · Self-Check Tool
Should I See a Doctor?
An interactive decision tree to help you figure out whether what you're feeling is normal training soreness, or something that needs real medical attention.