Injuries are the leading cause of death in children ages 19 and younger but most child injuries can be prevented parents and caregivers can play a life saving role in protecting children from injuries child injury prevention topics. Each year approximately 28 million children had an initial emergency department visit for injuries from a fall for children less than 1 year of age falls accounted for over 50 of nonfatal injuries the majority of nonfatal injuries are from five causes falls was the leading cause of nonfatal injury for all age groups less than 15. Those are definitely the most common sports related injuries in children that are less traumatic and nonoperative most of the time they can be prevented by activity modification rest ice anti inflammatories and a good stretching program he recommends