Of course, that was not true, but even if it had been, with
all we know about concussions today, maybe it was Watters who was the smart one.
The rate at which student - athletes immediately and honestly report experiencing concussion symptoms, both their own and their teammates, will only begin to increase if all stakeholders first understand how much
they know about concussions, and about their own attitudes towards and beliefs about symptom reporting.
Much of what the speakers told the gathering of thirty or so journalists, bloggers, and experts, including a lot of what they said parents needed to
know about concussions and football safety, is advice that MomsTEAM has been giving parents for years, including:
Knowing about the concussion will allow the coach to keep your teen from activities that could result in another concussion.
Know about concussions and sports injuries.
Your teen's coaches may not
know about a concussion your teen received in another sport or activity unless you tell them.
The committee's report recommends actions that can be taken by a range of audiences — including research funding agencies, legislatures, state and school superintendents and athletic directors, military organizations, and equipment manufacturers, as well as youth who participate in sports and their parents — to improve what is
knows about concussions and to reduce their occurrence.
«What do high school principals
know about concussion?.»
«What do high school principals
know about concussion?.»
Here are some facts you should
know about concussions:
But they should protect the athlete from getting worse and get them evaluated by someone who
knows about concussion.»
Not exact matches
Between contact sports and wrecking motorcycles and bicycles and other misadventures, I've seen stars, been knocked out, had headaches and nausea that lasted for days... and those were just the
concussions I
knew about.
I came down with CTE or severe brain trauma because of the
concussions and at the time I didn't
know anything
about it.
Yet Morey says that one of his players sustained a
concussion during the game against Army, the result of a blindside hit, one he did not
know about until after the game.
FISHER: «Yup, but with Deflategate, botched
concussion protocols, and more blown officials» calls, you
know all
about heat, huh?»
Knowing the facts
about concussion and taking the proper steps to treatment when you're injured will get you back on the field faster.
When the NFL settled the
concussion lawsuit with thousands of retired players, you couldn't change the channel without hearing a choir of former players and analysts saying, «
Knowing what we
know now
about concussions...»
But anyone trying to claim that we didn't
know that
concussions were serious just didn't care enough
about the health of their players to pay attention.
Knowing the facts
about concussions and taking the proper steps to treatment when you're injured will get you back on the field faster.
As someone who is usually in the position of moderating a discussion of
concussions or giving a keynote address at a conference or convention on how to keep young athletes safe, and given the deep knowledge I have on the subject as a result of MomsTEAM's work as the «pioneer» in youth sports
concussion education, I have to admit I found myself in the somewhat unique position of
knowing nearly as much
about concussions as some of the presenters.
Having had a
concussion as a child, I
know all too well
about the pain, the setbacks, and the long road it sometimes take to recovery.
I don't
know about you, but I've been hearing some extreme solutions in reply to the increased awareness of
concussions in youth football.
In this national sample of parents of young athletes, over one - third
knew virtually nothing
about concussion risks, and half were unaware of whether their child's school even had a
concussion policy.
In 2010, the NFHS developed on online course — «
Concussion in Sports — What You Need to
Know» — and
about 1.7 million individuals have taken the course through the NFHS Coach Education Program at www.nfhslearn.com.
«The more we
know about sports
concussions, the better we can manage the injury if it does occur and mitigate any lasting effects.»
Benedetto said Monday he didn't
know his showing of «
Concussion,» which focuses on the dangerous brain injuries professional football players face, at his hearing was in jeopardy until reading the Daily News story Monday
about Markey.
Legislator Barbara Miller - Williams said people don't
know enough
about concussions.
Ryan, who played football and rugby in high school, said he didn't
know if he would go back and play football again
knowing about the effects of
concussions on long - term health.
Little, however, is
known about the prevalence of
concussions among teens in the United States, said Phil Veliz, a researcher at the Institute for Research on Women and Gender.
I've learned
about over the years and, you
know, like the doctor said, people talk
about the helmet — you improve the helmet, you
know, you'll decrease the risk of
concussion.
Molfese and a team of other researchers want to
know more
about how a
concussion affects the brain.
But only
about four in 10 coaches
knew that poor sleep is also a symptom, while
about 10 percent incorrectly highlighted symptoms that are not
concussion - related, the researchers said.
The best thing
about this movie is something that is impossible to prove, and that is the suggestion that former NFL commissioner Paul Tagliague resigned because he
knew that damage from
concussions was a very real thing, and that his feet were
about to be put to the fire for what was done on his watch, so he stepped down and put human jellyfish Roger Goodell (jellyfish need very little oxygen for brain function, you see) in his place.
Using a scoping review methodology, the research question that will be addressed is: what is
known from the existing literature
about the association between ACEs and traumatic brain injury /
concussion in adults?