Sentences with phrase «concussion safety for children»

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For those of us who devote our lives to keeping sports active children safe, impact sensors have the potential to provide staunch opponents of collision sports such as football a chance to reconsider whether they can be made safer by solving one of the most pressing and chronic problems in concussion safety: the chronic underreporting of concussion by athletes; what a new report from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council calls a «culture of resistance.»

MomsTeam Founder and long - time concussion safety advocate, Brooke de Lench, provides a concussion safety checklist for parents to know their child's sports program is taking concussions seriously.

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.

While there were then, and are now, lots of very protective parents, at the other end of the spectrum, there are still some parents who are, sad to say, willing to sacrifice their child's safety and — in the case of concussions, their long term health — at the altar of a winning performance, a touchdown scored, a scholarship won, a pro contract inked, not just fathers, but mothers, too (for proof, one only has to watch the recent reality television show, «Friday Night Tykes.»).

Please join the other states leading the way for children's safety and enact youth sport concussion training for coaches.

While no law can prevent a concussion, these guidelines will increase safety for children while lowering risk liability for coaches, leagues and the city.

«While no law can prevent a concussion, these guidelines will increase safety for children while lowering risk liability for coaches, leagues and the town,» she said.

He currently serves as Senior Advisor to the NFL Head, Neck and Spine Committee; Section Co-Chair Mackey - White National Football League Players Association Health and Safety Committee; - Founder and Medical Director Sports Legacy Institute; Member World Rugby Concussion Advisory Group; Adjunct Professor Exercise and Sport Science and Medical Director National Center for Catastrophic Sports Injury Research, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC; Co-Director, Neurologic Sports Injury Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Senior Advisor Brain Injury Center and Adjunct Staff, Children's Hospital, Boston, Vice President Chair Scientific Advisory Committee National Operating Committee on Standards for Athletic Equipment (NOCSAE).