Sentences with phrase «of after a concussion»

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Vicis co-founder and neurosurgeon Sam Browd first decided to attempt to redesign the football helmet in 2012 after years of having to tell young athletes they needed to retire due to too many concussions.

The Broncos» Wes Welker is playing in the Super Bowl after a season of multiple concussions.

After Nava was released from the hospital, George invited him to stay at his house, and another student, Jonathan Hwang, volunteered to stay with Nava and wake him every four hours as the emergency room doctor had ordered (because of the possibility that he had sustained a concussion).

Chelsea are set for a row with the FA after a member of their concussions panel criticised the club for it's treatment of midfielder Oscar, reports the Daily Express.

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.

The slugger was a huge part of the Twins» success in 2010, helping pick up for the loss of Justin Morneau by hitting.303 /.438 /.669 with 15 homers after the first baseman went down with a concussion last July.

Dallas Mavericks reserve center Chris Kaman will be out of the lineup indefinitely after suffering a concussion during Tuesday's practice at the Rose Garden.

After leaving the Oregon State game in the second quarter because of a concussion, Jim Harbaugh updated the status of cornerback Jourdan...

After coming over from the Giants in the Hunter Pence trade in 2012, Joseph was limited to just a handful at - bats every year (never more than 198) because of concussions sustained while playing behind the plate.

He would suffer a second concussion Oct. 7 at Talladega Superspeedway and after an evaluation it was determined he needed to step out of his car.

After he went down with a concussion and a left shoulder injury last week, Mark Sanchez became the starter and there was talk that Sanchez could earn the starting role for the remainder of the season if he played well.

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After suffering one concussion, an athlete's risk of having a second one increases five-fold.

Here is a quote from Maize n Brew «Denard may not have a concussion, but keeping him off the field after taking one hard hit to the head certainly reduced his risk of having something terrible happen if it were to happen again (as a Cowboy fan, I remember all to well the litany of concussions that spelled the end of the Troy Aikman era).

As Flyers center Eric Lindros contemplates his future, it's becoming increasingly clear that his best course of action would be to take a full year off to clear his head after suffering four concussions last season and a total of six since he turned pro in 1992 - 93.

The San Francisco 49ers will be without left tackle Joe Staley for at least the rest of Sunday's game after the All - Pro left the field with a concussion.

Instead of enjoying the gust of brisk postseason air that normally refreshes the sport after an interminable regular season, the NHL spent last week airing its dirty laundry on the clothesline that Boston Bruins defenseman Kyle McLaren used to put Montreal Canadiens wing Richard Zednik in the hospital with a severe concussion.

While Irving is still dealing with a knee injury, Thompson suffered a concussion in Game 5 of the Western Conference Finals after taking knee to the head.

There's no doubt the NFL will be sending an envelope to Brandon Meriweather after this hit that knocked Green Bay Packers» Eddie Lacy out of the game because of a concussion.

He staggered to his feet after a couple of minutes and continued to lead the Oakland offense for two more plays, at which point Pryor was removed from the game with a concussion.

Those trainers, doctors, consultants, and spotters are all looking for observable concussion symptoms: things like clumsy movement, loss of consciousness, or the fencing response, which is when a player involuntarily extends his arms straight out after suffering a brain injury.

The Texans had benched Brock Osweiler just a couple of weeks ago in favor of Tom Savage, but after suffering a concussion last week, Osweiler has a chance to redeem himself against Oakland.

The Chiefs will have two of their best players back this week after both missed last week with concussions.

After leaving the London game with what was believed to be a concussion, it was reported a few days ago that Jackson had limited range of motion in his shoulder and was held out of practice.

After leaving the Oregon State game in the second quarter because of a concussion, Jim Harbaugh updated the status of cornerback Jourdan Lewis moving forward.

Two of the Redskins» stars will be back this week in London after both suffering concussions.

She stopped watching the NFL several years ago after a combination of Papa John, Bud Light, Concussions, Domestic Violence, and Forced Patriotism soured her on football entirely.

A number of Thursday's back pages focus on the concussion review panel failing to sanction Northampton Saints for their treatment of Wales wing George North after he suffered a head injury at the beginning of the month, despite the panel concluding that he should not have returned to play after the incident.

Brad McCoy, the father of Browns quarterback Colt McCoy, has teed off on the team for allowing Colt to return to last night's game two plays after suffering an apparent concussion.

Danny Rose will miss the rest of the season after undergoing surgery on his knee while Kyle Walker has a minor ankle problem and Kieran Trippier is recovering from concussion.

The Black Ferns have been dealt a major blow ahead of their tour to England with the news that captain Melissa Ruscoe has been ruled our of the trip after suffering a concussion.

In reading reports about how the concussion suffered by San Francisco 49er Alex Smith was handled, or, in the view of many, including Wise, mishandled, I was particularly struck by remarks attributed to Coach Jim Harbaugh as to why he allowed his quarterback Alex Smith to take six more snaps (ending, amazingly, in a touchdown pass) after admitting that he was experiencing blurred vision from a head - rattling hit on a quarterback sneak.

It made me wish that David had been around to help my family after one of my sons suffered a bad concussion while snowboarding.

The new consensus statement issued after the 3rd International Conference on Concussion in Sport (Zurich statement) thus abandoned the classification terminology of the Prague group.

When a recent email prompted me to pick up the phone to talk to one concerned mother, she told me that her son - who had suffered a concussion playing indoor lacrosse, but, seven months later, and after seeing a number of concussion specialists, was still experiencing symptoms - was giving up hope of ever getting better.

An interesting aspect of the Lystedt Law, said Chrisman, was that it allows athletic trainers (ATs) to clear athletes to return to play after concussion.

In a position statement on the management of sport - related concussion published in the September 2004 issue of The Journal of Athletic Training, the National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA) refused to endorse any of the three approaches to concussion management, but recommended that certified athletic trainers and team physicians, at the very least, «agree on a philosophy for managing sport - related concussions before the start of the athletic season,» and, after deciding on an approach, «be consistent in its use regardless of the athlete, sport, or circumstances surrounding the injury.»

After following closely developments in the impact sensor area for a number of years, and believing that this cutting edge technology had the potential to revolutionize the sideline identification of concussion in contact and collision sports and combat the chronic underreporting of concussions by athletes (which a new study has just shown persists, despite increased education), we decided to beta test the Shockbox football helmet sensor (one of the sensors nearing market launch).

The problem, argues Bauman, is that too many media stories focus on professional athletes, CTE, and poor outcomes of prolonged concussion (or sports exposure to repetitive head trauma), and [there are] too few stories about athletes who make full recoveries and improve (even after years of concussion symptoms).

The most recent concussion consensus statements [1,7,15] recommend neuropsychological (NP) testing in making return to play decisions after concussion, and formal baseline NP screening of athletes in all organized sports in which there is a high risk of concussion (e.g. football, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, basketball), regardless of the age or level of performance.

The emerging model of sport concussion assessment now involves the use of brief screening tools to evaluate post-concussion signs and symptoms on the sideline immediately after a concussion and neuropsychological testing to track recovery further out from the time of injury.

Every clinician who routinely treat athletes with post-concussion syndrome (i.e. patients whose symptoms after suffering a sports - related concussion persist for months or years), with whom I spoke for this article expressed variations of the same concern: that their patients, hearing media reports about athletes suffering symptoms associated with CTE (such as depression), were losing hope of a full recovery, to the point of considering suicide.

If an athlete suspected of having suffered a concussion is quickly removed from a game or practice and not allowed to return that day, and, if diagnosed by a qualified health care professional with concussion, is not allowed to return to practice and game action until after completing the symptom - limited, exercise program experts recommend, and being cleared by a health care professional with concussion expertise, most will recover without incident fairly quickly.

If an athlete is allowed to continue playing after concussion, however, their recovery is likely to take longer, and they may be at increased risk of long - term problems (e.g. early dementia, depression, more rapid aging of the brain, and in rare cases, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, and, in extremely rare instances, catastrophic injury or death.

«On too many occasions, I have had young people crying in my office that they were going to «die of CTE,» even after just one concussion.»

The Role of Age and Sex in Symptoms, Neurocognitive Performance, and Postural Stability in Athletes After Concussion.

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.

Concussion and Sports Related Head Injury: Code 280.13 C requires the Iowa high school athletic association and the Iowa girls high school athletic union to work together to distribute the CDC guidelines and other information to inform and educate coaches, students, and parents and guardians of students of the risks, signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion or brain injury, including the danger of continuing to play after suffering a concussion or brain injury and their responsibility to report such signs, symptoms, and behaviors if tConcussion and Sports Related Head Injury: Code 280.13 C requires the Iowa high school athletic association and the Iowa girls high school athletic union to work together to distribute the CDC guidelines and other information to inform and educate coaches, students, and parents and guardians of students of the risks, signs, symptoms, and behaviors consistent with a concussion or brain injury, including the danger of continuing to play after suffering a concussion or brain injury and their responsibility to report such signs, symptoms, and behaviors if tconcussion or brain injury, including the danger of continuing to play after suffering a concussion or brain injury and their responsibility to report such signs, symptoms, and behaviors if tconcussion or brain injury and their responsibility to report such signs, symptoms, and behaviors if they occur.

Concussion and Sports Related Head Injury: IC 20 -34-7 requires the department to disseminate guidelines, information and forms to each school corporation to inform and educate coaches, student athletes, and parents of students athletes of the nature and nature and risk of concussion and head injury to student athletes, including the risks of continuing to play after concussion or heConcussion and Sports Related Head Injury: IC 20 -34-7 requires the department to disseminate guidelines, information and forms to each school corporation to inform and educate coaches, student athletes, and parents of students athletes of the nature and nature and risk of concussion and head injury to student athletes, including the risks of continuing to play after concussion or heconcussion and head injury to student athletes, including the risks of continuing to play after concussion or heconcussion or head injury.