Sentences with phrase «fall sports concussion»

The Athletic Trainers» Society of New Jersey (ATSNJ) Completes 3 Year Fall Sports Concussion Survey

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The well - publicized lawsuits by former players against the N.F.L., the suicide of Junior Seau, a «Chicken Little - sky is falling» mentality by some prominent concussion experts and former athletes, some of whom suggest that the sport is simply too dangerous to be played at all at the youth level, and continuing research on the short - and long - term effects of concussion on cognitive function and brain health, have created a pretty toxic environment for the sport.

In the fall of 2012, the N.F.L. invited me to its New York City headquarters to present a proposal to the league on ways that I thought MomsTEAM could help them preserve and strengthen the sport of youth football, in part by educating parents, and especially safety - conscious moms, about the dangers of concussions and ways in which the risk of concussion could be reduced.

As local students return to school and start fall sports, Dignity Health's Barrow Neurological Institute and the Dignity Health Foundation are expanding the Dignity Health Concussion Network, «a first of its kind student athlete - focused approach to concussion education and preventiConcussion Network, «a first of its kind student athlete - focused approach to concussion education and preventiconcussion education and prevention.»

It is important to keep in mind that a concussion can happen in almost any sport in which a collision can happen, so even a tennis player can get a concussion if he trips, falls, and hits his head on the tennis court.

Most of the time, concussion testing in youth sports falls to volunteer coaches or parents with little if any medical experience.

As a result, even if a private sports program that uses town fields, rinks, diamonds, or courts is required to comply with state mandates regarding concussion safety, I believe that there is a huge sports safety gap which, absent voluntary implementation by a private sports program of youth sports health and safety best practices, such as those we are pilot testing in Grand Prairie, Texas this fall as part of our SmartTeams ™ program, can and should be filled by a municipality by exercising its power of the permit.

In addition to founding MomsTEAM.com, de Lench is the author of Home Team Advantage: The Critical Role of Mothers in Youth Sports and producer of the documentary The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer, a concussion solutions documentary that will air onPBS stations across the country this fall.

At least since World War I, scientists have tried to figure out why about 10 percent of adults» concussions — from any cause, including accidents, falls and sports injuries — lead to persistent psychological and physical complaints.

While most often associated with sports, concussion affects thousands of Canadians a year who experience a fall, or a car accident.

Although concussions most frequently occur in sports injuries, they can happen after any fall or blow to the head or body that shakes the brain, as in Clinton's case.

Whether you got it playing a contact sport, whiplash from a car crash, or falling on a slippery sidewalk, dealing with a concussion can be an ordeal.

Anoxia at birth, concussions, seizures, loss of consciousness, falls, assaults, sports injuries, etc. all impact the functioning of the brain.

These injuries are usually in the news when sports players have a concussion; or in relation to drug and alcohol fuelled assaults where a blow to the head results in a damaging, sometimes fatal, fall to the ground (the coward's punch or king hit).