Sentences with phrase «about concussion risks»

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.

I would also like to think that MomsTEAM's continued efforts to educate parents about concussion risk management and our PBS documentary, «The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer,» which aired on over 300 stations last fall and which will be broadcast on almost all 387 stations in the fall of 2014, has played a role in increasing awareness.

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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.

so if he's having them already, and concerns about concussions, why continue to risk it?

In recent weeks I have written a number of blogs about claims by equipment manufacturers that their products prevent or reduce the risk of concussions.

It seems that not a day goes by without news about a new product that supposedly reduces the risk of concussion.

As someone who has been educating sports parents about head trauma in sports for the past seventeen years, and about the very real risk posed by chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) for the last decade, it is not surprising that I receive emails from parents all the time expressing deep concern about stories in the media that have led them - wrongly - to fear that playing contact or collision sports, or suffering a sports - related concussion, especially one slow to heal, makes it inevitable that their child will develop CTE and is at greatly increased risk of committing suicide.

My position has consistently been and continues to be that it is up to parents to make decisions about their own kids» safety, and that the best thing I, MomsTEAM, the CDC, concussion experts, coaches, athletic trainers, and national governing bodies for football, from Pop Warner to USA Football to the NFL, can do is to (a) continue to do what we can and are doing doing to make the game safer (and that there remains a great deal of work to be done in this area is undeniable); and (b) provide accurate, objective information about the risks so that such decision is an informed one, not one driven by fear.

Because studies show that one - off concussion education isn't enough to change concussion symptom reporting behavior, Step Three in the SmartTeams Play SafeTM #TeamUp4 ConcussionSafetyTM game plan calls for coaches, athletes, athletic trainers, team doctors (and, at the youth and high school level, parents) to attend a mandatoryconcussion safety meeting before every sports season to learn in detail about the importance of immediate concussion symptom reporting, not just in minimizing the risks concussions pose to an athlete's short - and long - term health, but in increasing the chances for individual and team success.

Last week, we posted to the site a group of four articles about a peer - reviewed study in the Journal of Neurosurgery showing that football helmet design affected concussion risk among a large group (or what scientists call a «cohort») of college football players.

Despite increased awareness about concussions in recent years, some of those involved in contact and collision sports still don't seem as concerned as they should be about the risks.

«Given that concussions are difficult to diagnose and often require either athlete reports or parental concerns to come to the attention of the coach,» they said, «educating athletes and their parents about the risks of a concussion and safe management is an essential part of preventing athletes from playing with concussive symptoms.»

installed inside or on the outside of a player's helmet, embedded in a mouth guard, helmet chin strap, skull cap, head band, or skin patch worn behind the ear, for instance), all are essentially designed to do the same thing: alert coaches, athletic trainers, team doctors, other sideline personnel and / or parents about high - risk single and multiple head impacts in order to improve the rate at which concussions are identified.

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.

It also requires the Department of Health to develop a training program and educational materials about the nature and risks of concussions that must be distributed to athletes and the parent or guardian of the athlete prior to their participation in athletic activity.

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.

The policy must require that the student and their parent or guardian sign an information form at least once each year about the nature and risk of concussion.

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.

In the end, it all comes back to education: In the ideal world, a parent's decision about whether to allow a child to start playing or continue playing collision sports before high school under current rules of play (which are evolving in the direction of safety, fortunately, as seen, for instance, in USA Hockey's ban on body checking at the Pee Wee hockey level and below, and limits on full - contact practices instituted at every level of football, from Pop Warner, to high school, college, and the NFL), will be a conscious one; a decision in which the risks of participating in a particular sport - provided it is based on the most up - to - date information about those risks and a consideration of other risk factors that might come into play for their child, such as pre-existing learning disabilities (e.g. ADHD), chronic health conditions (e.g., a history of history of multiple concussions or seizures, history of migraines), or a reckless and overly aggressive style of play - are balanced against the benefits to the child of participating.

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.

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.

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.

In addition, participants at the IOC conference learned about a community - based program the Institute first developed in 2005 called «The Power of The Permit,» which is being utilized by municipalities around the country in adopting concussion risk management programs for all athletes using public fields, rinks, courts, and diamonds, not just those covered by existing state concussion education, removal from and return to play mandates.

Expecting the N.F.L. to educate the million plus kids who play football about the risks of concussion is like expecting tobacco companies to warn teenagers about the dangers of smoking.

Specifically, Return to Play laws generally impose educational, training and notification requirements designed to ensure that coaches, parents, and youth athletes are better educated about the signs and risks of concussions.

Neal Goldman, Brand Manager for Men's Lacrosse at Brine, talks about ways to reduce the risk of concussions in boy's lacrosse.

Neal Goldman, Brand Manager for Men's Lacrosse at Brine, talks about ways to reduce the risk of concussion in boy's lacrosse, which, according to a 2011 study1 of U.S. high schools with at least one athletic trainer on staff, has the third highest concussion rate (46.6 per 100,000 athletic exposures (1 AE is one athlete participating in one organized high school athletic practice or competition, regardless of the amount of time played), behind only football (76.8) and boys» ice hockey (61.9).

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.

Parents most strongly support requiring a doctor's clearance before athletes can return to play after a concussion, and requiring coaches to receive information about the risks of concussions (Figure 2).

In original stories that aired in February, local high school coaches, trainers and sporting goods dealers talked about a Virginia Tech study that indicates certain football helmets may cut concussion risks.

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.

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.

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.

CTE was detectable in about a third of the men who'd said they played contact sports, but it did not show up in matched controls, the men whose histories didn't refer to activities where concussion was a risk.

The proposed measures stem from concerns about the risks associated with concussions and brain injury.

A former doctor for the Pittsburgh Steelers football team, he has spoken widely about the risk of concussion among athletes.

Be picky about pain meds For mild or moderate concussions, experts advise using acetaminophen, such as Tylenol, rather than nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, like ibuprofen (Advil, Motrin) or aspirin, which can potentially increase the risk of bleeding.