BOWLING GREEN, Ky.-Now that school has started, students are busy moving around not only from classroom to classroom, but they’re busy on fields, courts, and in P.E. classes. And that means bumps and bruises will be a common sight. But what happens if your child comes home with more? Dr. James Heltsey, an orthopedic surgeon with Western Kentucky Orthopedic and Neurological Associates says that the more common injuries they see are of the shoulder and the knee. The shoulder can have labral tears or slap tears. For the knee, it’s more often ACL tears, meniscus tears as well as ankle sprains.

And in most cases, according to Doctor Heltsey, the injuries are minor. But there are some red flags you need to know about: symptoms such as pain that lasts for more than three weeks, an injury accompa

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