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3 Mistakes parents make that lead to common playground injuries

By Deborah Kotz

 |  Globe Staff  

  May 02, 2012

It’s the unofficial start of the playground season and all the pediatric injuries that result from tumbles off trampolines and smashes on slides. Dr. Benjamin Shore lists the most common injuries he sees as a pediatric orthopedic surgeon at Children’s Hospital Boston and what parents are doing to cause them.

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