Dr. Drez, Jr.

Children's Sports Injuries

The weather’s warm, the skies are clear, and the spirit’s willing. And kids every where are itching to join in the fun and excitement of their favorite sports. However, that fun can soon turn to fear when a child is injured. Contact sports put young athletes at serious risks for severe injuries and most parents don’t realize that the bones, muscles, tendons, and ligaments in children are still growing, making them more susceptible to injury. Dr. David Drez, Jr., an orthopedic surgeon on staff at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital, discusses what parents and coaches need to know to decrease a child’s risk.

For more information or to schedule an appointment with Dr. Drez, call Orthopaedic Specialists at (337) 494-4900.

A graduate of Tulane Medical School, Dr. David Drez, Jr. completed his internship at Charity Hospital in New Orleans, and his residency at Charity Hospital, Scottish Rite Hospital in Atlanta, and the U.S. Public Health Hospital in New Orleans. He is a retired Lt. Colonel in the Army Reserves and serves as a consulting physician for the U.S. Gymnastics Federation, the U.S. Soccer Association and the National Football League Players Association. He is an editor of the widely acclaimed book on sports medicine entitled Orthopaedic Sports Medicine, as well as an editor of the Operative Techniques in Sports Medicine Journal.

Dr. Drez is a board certified and re-certified orthopedic surgeon and serves as Associate Medical Director of Sports Medicine at Lake Charles Memorial Hospital and McNeese State University. He is a clinical professor of orthopedics at LSU School of Medicine in New Orleans and is an adjunct associate professor of orthopedic surgery at Baylor College of Medicine.

Frances Yeager

4 / 21 / 2010