{"id":488348,"date":"2026-10-07T19:33:08","date_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:33:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/488348\/"},"modified":"2026-10-07T19:33:08","modified_gmt":"2026-10-07T19:33:08","slug":"shriners-childrens-to-host-free-sports-injury-prevention-forum-wednesday-in-sacramento","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/488348\/","title":{"rendered":"Shriners Children&#8217;s to host free sports injury prevention forum Wednesday in Sacramento"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/news-team\/6b15e758-8400-4269-99ae-986951b40fec\" aria-label=\"Mike Cherry profile page\" class=\"css-15eikfp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/10\/1791401588_637_6b15e758-8400-4269-99ae-986951b40fec_1663882122.file.png\" width=\"48\" height=\"48\" alt=\"Mike Cherry\" loading=\"lazy\"\/><\/a>SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"0\">Student-athletes, coaches, athletic trainers and families are invited to learn more about preventing sports injuries and what recovery looks like during a free community forum hosted by Shriners Children&#8217;s Northern California.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"1\">The Sports Injury Prevention &amp; Recovery Forum on Wednesday from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. will feature presentations from pediatric sports medicine experts covering injury prevention, treatment options and the recovery process for young athletes. The event is designed to help families better understand specialized pediatric sports care and how to keep athletes healthy and active.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"2\">Olympic gold medal-winning swimmer Debbie Meyer will serve as the keynote speaker, while longtime Sacramento broadcaster Mark S. Allen will emcee the event.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"3\">The forum will be held at Shriners Children&#8217;s Northern California, located at 2425 Stockton Boulevard in Sacramento.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"4\">The event is free, but organizers say advanced registration is required because space is limited.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"5\">For more information or to register, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.shrinerschildrens.org\/en\/news-and-media\/events\/2026\/10\/sports-injury-prevention-and-recovery-forum\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">visit the Shriners Children&#8217;s Northern California website here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p data-node-id=\"6\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">See more coverage of top California stories here<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/article\/get-kcra-news-on-the-go-download\/44039145\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Download our app<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.kcra.com\/subscribe\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Subscribe to our morning newsletter<\/a> |<a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/@KCRA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\"> Find us on YouTube here and subscribe to our channel<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"SACRAMENTO, Calif. \u2014 Student-athletes, coaches, athletic trainers and families are invited to learn more about preventing sports injuries&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":488349,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[2820,140230,4690,23615,1043,1431,266,190676,32531,190675,121,123,122,73239,190673,190674,58199,133552],"class_list":["post-488348","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-sacramento","tag-app","tag-athletic-trainer","tag-coach","tag-download","tag-event","tag-family","tag-northern-california","tag-pediatric-sport-medicine-expert","tag-presentation","tag-recovery-forum","tag-sacramento","tag-sacramento-headlines","tag-sacramento-news","tag-shriners-children","tag-shrines-childrens-sports-injury-prevention","tag-sports-injury-prevention","tag-student-athlete","tag-young-athlete"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488348","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=488348"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/488348\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/488349"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=488348"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=488348"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=488348"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}