Sentences with phrase «about concussion injuries»

Responding to increasing concern about concussion injuries in sports, Banner Concussion Center addresses the problem with a unique approach.

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But at least one rule change appears to have improved the numbers: touchbacks have only resulted in 17 to 20 concussions over the last several years, about half the injuries compared with pre-2011 seasons when that play moved the ball to the 20 - yard rather than 25 - yard line.

You've almost definitely heard, between reports and the Will Smith film, Concussion, buzz about brain injuries caused by football injuries.

Elijah Collins, a three - star running back, said he thinks about concussions regularly, and he and his coaches talk about head injuries often.

JW: One thing that was interesting about [Joe] Rogan's interview with Cormier the other night: For all the talk about head injuries in sports, we actually saw what a concussion looks like in real - time.

The NFL was hiding the information that they had obtained about head injuries, about concussions, and about [traumatic brain injuries], head trauma, all these other things.

His toughness was questioned during the 2017 season, and that appears unfair, but there is reason to be worried about a quarterback who suffered a season - ending shoulder injury in 2016 and two concussions that ended his next season early too.

«Dark places, depression, anxiety, addictions, poor choices, poor decisions, brought about by dozens of concussions and thousands of sub-concussive injuries from playing this sport.»

What's even more impressive about their hot start is that they've managed to do this after # 1 goalie Marc - Andre Fleury went out with a concussion, and then after # 2 goalie Malcolm Subban went out due to a lower body injury.

In this way, it is my goal to reduce the risk of concussions and related head injuries to the athletes that we care most about — our children.

Throw in a likely hamstring injury to Paulo Dybala, a probable concussion to Sami Khedira after Szczesny crashed into him while trying to punch away a corner kick and this was about as odd and strange as a 1 - 0 win could very well be.

When we hear about catastrophic injury and death amongst athletes, we typically think about concussion (1), cardiac arrest (2) and heatstroke.

The bad news is that concussion education of athletes and parents was much less extensive, with about a third of athletes and more than half of parents not receiving any concussion education beyond signing a concussion and head injury information sheet.

Third, acknowledging that some of the blame for the biased and one - sided media reporting on head injuries rests with some members of the scientific community who issue one - sided press releases and feed cherry - picked results about their findings to selected members of the media, the authors look to a day when the «harsh division and polarization» in the research community (an almost inevitable byproduct, unfortunately, of the intense competition for grant money in Concussion, Inc.), gives way to greater collaboration among researchers and a more «cordial discourse» between scientists via letters and responses to journal editors and back - and - forth debates at large academic conferences.

The Pennsylvania Departments of Public Health and Education must develop and post on their websites guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students, parents, and coaches about concussions, the nature and risk of concussion and traumatic brain injury (TBI), including the risks of continuing to play or practice after a concussion or TBI.

The statute requires that each year, before beginning a practice for an interscholastic or intramural sport, each high school student athlete and their parent sign an information sheet about the risk of concussion or head injury.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: SB189 (2011) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic school to provide information to all coaches, officials, volunteers, youth athletes and their parents / guardians about the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after a concussion or heConcussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: SB189 (2011) requires the governing authority of each public and nonpublic school to provide information to all coaches, officials, volunteers, youth athletes and their parents / guardians about the nature and risk of concussion and head injury, including continuing to play after a concussion or heconcussion and head injury, including continuing to play after a concussion or heconcussion or head injury.

It also requires the Department of Education to develop an educational fact sheet about sports - related concussions and other head injuries, and requires public and non-public schools that participate in interscholastic sports to distribute the information annually to parents and guardians of student athletes, along with a signature acknowledging receipt.

Concussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: SB 200 (2011) requires the Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop and post on their website guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students participating in or desiring to participate in an athletic activity, their parents and coaches, about the nature and risk of concussion and traumatic braConcussion and Sports - Related Head Injury: SB 200 (2011) requires the Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop and post on their website guidelines and other relevant materials to inform and educate students participating in or desiring to participate in an athletic activity, their parents and coaches, about the nature and risk of concussion and traumatic braconcussion and traumatic brain injury.

Concussion and Sports Related Head Inury: Education Code 33.201 (2007) requires a school district to provide training to student participating in an extracurricular athletic activity about recognizing the symptoms of potentially catastrophic injuries, including head and neck injuries, concussions and injuries related to second impact syndrome.

Jeff Skeen of Full90 Sports talks about and the role of protective headgear in reducing the risk of concussion and the difference between concussions, which occur as a result of contact between a player's head and a hard object (another player's head, the ground or the goalpost), and the kinds of brain injuries which can occur as a result of repeated heading of a soccer ball.

Here are some of the key statistics about concussions and catastropohic injuries in cheerleading.

More parents are becoming educated about the risks head injuries - whether of the diagnosed concussion variety or the result of repetitive impacts - and the steps that can and are being taken to minimize those risks.

Know about concussions and sports injuries.

It's a good time to make sure parents have the knowledge they need about a relatively common kind of brain injury in children, concussions.

We will pull together all the key information you need about unique clinical conditions in young athletes; mild traumatic brain injury or concussion; heat illness and injury; or overuse / overload and injury risk.

The risk of brain injuries in professional football has gotten enormous attention thanks to more than 4,200 former players suing the National Football League, alleging the league withheld information about the long - term dangers of concussions.

THREE FORMER college football players are suing the NCAA, saying it failed to educate them about the risks of concussions and did not do enough to prevent, diagnose and treat brain injuries.

I really learned a lot from him about the important role the official plays in reducing concussion and injury risks to players during a game.

Udall, Klobuchar and Blumenthal introduced the Youth Sports Concussion Act ahead of Super Bowl 50, amid discussion among doctors, players, researchers and others about the need to protect players — especially young athletes — from experiencing debilitating head injuries.

You can make a big difference in educating your community about concussion and keeping kids and teens safe from this injury.

Despite an increase in media attention, as well as national and local efforts to educate athletes on the potential dangers of traumatic brain injuries, a new study found that many high school football players are not concerned about the long - term effects of concussions and don't report their own concussion symptoms because they fear exclusion from play.

High school athletic associations, injury prevention organizations, and even professional sports leagues have promoted the implementation of concussion policies, which typically include removal from play for any athlete suspected of having a concussion; clearance by a health professional before return to play; and education of athletes, parents, and coaches about dangers of concussions.

Athletes who undergo pre-season concussion baseline testing, combined with education about concussion prevention, symptoms, and treatment, are likely better prepared to deal with the possibility of a concussion injury or the aftermath of one, says sports medicine expert Dr. Hallie Zwibel.

Recognizing Concussion: All individuals involved with teams and sport activities, including players, coaches, parents, organizers, league officials, and referees / game officials should be educated about the signs and symptoms of concussion so that they can recognize the injury, remove the athlete from activity, and refer the athlete to a qualified medical professional for examination prior to allowing the athlete to returConcussion: All individuals involved with teams and sport activities, including players, coaches, parents, organizers, league officials, and referees / game officials should be educated about the signs and symptoms of concussion so that they can recognize the injury, remove the athlete from activity, and refer the athlete to a qualified medical professional for examination prior to allowing the athlete to returconcussion so that they can recognize the injury, remove the athlete from activity, and refer the athlete to a qualified medical professional for examination prior to allowing the athlete to return to play.

Concussions haven't really been taken seriously until recently, mainly because of the growing number of athletes complaining about the long - term effects they are currently experiencing from their head injury that were merely shrugged off in the past.

Each school district must use education materials provided by the Illinois High School Association to educate coaches, student - athletes, and parents / guardians of student - athletes about the nature and risk of concussions and head injuries, including continuing play after a concussion or head injury.

If your child or teen has concussion symptoms that last weeks to months after the injury, their medical provider may talk to you about post-concussive syndrome.

The ConcussionWise ™ DR program is an education initiative to ensure that physicians across the Commonwealth are knowledgeable on the topic of traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and are trained in current peer - reviewed research about the management of concussions.

«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.

Of those injuries, about 83 percent are considered mild forms of traumatic brain injury or concussion.

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.

Brain injuries can be classified as mild, moderate or severe, with mild injuries, or concussions, representing about 75 percent of cases.

One hard knock Concussions are the most common type of brain injury, and about 85 percent of people who suffer one will more or less fully recover within a year.

In addition to helping the researchers understand more about the forces at work in concussions, the data collected from the sensors also can help individual players reduce their own risk of injury.

During his entire journey through the military's most elite treatment centers, nobody mentioned anything about a traumatic brain injury to him — the most that was discussed was the likelihood of a mild concussion.

It's one of the most talked about injuries in sport today, concussion.

Amid growing concern about sports - related brain injuries, a new Institute of Medicine (IOM) report finds that there is a huge lack of knowledge about sports concussions in young people.

Many parents whose kids participate in athletics will be asked to sign a waiver about concussion education, but that's not enough to ensure parents are confident about handling the injury, according to a new University of Michigan C.S. Mott Children's Hospital National Poll on Children's Health.