Food advocate Casey Hinds takes down new «research» finding that drinking chocolate milk can
reduce concussion symptoms.
Not exact matches
Available free of charge on MomsTEAM's new SmartTeams
concussion website, the #TeamUp4ConcussionSafetyTM program, developed by MomsTEAM Institute as part of its SmartTeams Play SafeTM initiative with a Mind Matters Educational Challenge Grant from the National Collegiate Athletic Association and Department of Defense, is designed to do just that: to increase reporting by athletes of
concussion symptoms by engaging coaches, athletes, parents, and health care providers in a season - long, indeed career - long program which emphasizes that immediate reporting of
concussion symptoms - not just by athletes themselves but by their teammate «buddies» - not only
reduces the risk the athlete will suffer a more serious brain injury - or, in rare cases, even death - but is actually helps the team's chances of winning, not just in that game, but, by giving athletes the best chance to return as quickly as possible from
concussion, the rest of the season, and by teaching that honest reporting is a valued team behavior and a hallmark of a good teammate.
Parents and coaches will benefit from
reduced reliance on honest self - reporting of
concussion symptoms by athletes and of the less - than - perfect observational skills of sideline management in spotting signs of
concussion;
Unless the coach made it clear that an athlete needed to report
symptoms of
concussion, it was perceived to be unacceptable to come out because of a «headache» or «dizziness» [because] athletes did not want to be wrong about being concussed and suffer negative consequences» such as being punished by the coach for reporting concussive
symptoms «by removing them from a starting position,
reducing their future playing time, or inferring that reporting concussive
symptoms made them «weak.»»
It is up to parents to do whatever they can to make sure that their child's coach does not continue to convey the message to athletes that there will be negative consequences to
concussion reporting by removing them from a starting position,
reducing future playing time, or inferring that reporting concussive
symptoms made them «weak», but, instead, creates an environment in which athletes feel safe in honestly self - reporting experiencing
concussion symptoms or reporting that a teammate is displaying signs of
concussion (and reinforcing that message at home)