Sentences with phrase «younger athletes»

Depending on athletes to admit to experiencing concussion symptoms doesn't work due to chronic under - reporting.1 Likewise, studies show that coaches and athletic trainers can't be counted on to reliably identify athletes exhibiting signs of possible concussion for screening on the sports sidelines, especially since only 5 to 10 % of concussions involve a loss of consciousness and the onset of concussions symptoms is often delayed, especially in younger athletes.

High school athletes suffer the most sport - related concussions, but concussions have doubled among younger athletes in team sports, says a new study.

That the study found concussion rates for ice hockey (10 per 100,000) and football (8 per 100,000) among younger athletes (7 - to 11 - year - olds) much higher than the overall concussion rate (1 per 100,000), were «not surprising» to lead author, Lisa L. Bakhos, M.D., a Pediatric Emergency Medicine Attending at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, New Jersey.

Because the Maddocks questions can be asked by anyone, they are valuable on sports sidelines where no health care professional trained in performing a full sideline screening for concussion, such as doctor or certified athletic trainer, is present, as is often the case in contact and collision sports involving younger athletes.

It's simple to see why each Real and Barcelona are focused on signing Odriozola, because the Spaniard has confirmed time and time once more to be one of the crucial gifted younger athletes in La Liga.

«But we are also fortunate that there are existing athletes that are still well within an Olympic cycle — if not further — who are so fired up to still perform and fight for a place, which also has a knock on effect to the younger athletes knowing that's the level they need to achieve.

To have eight Olympic Champions line up alongside previous Commonwealth Games medallists and some supremely talented younger athletes is genuinely exciting for us.

Sometimes they are treated the same in younger athletes «'' with the athlete being casted to protect the growth plate «'' which makes it a good idea to go see a physician with any ankle injury in a young athlete.

No current research confirms risk for those younger athletes who wish to participate in Olympic or powerlifting.

What they do, younger athletes do also.

I would like to teach my own seminars and classes to help inspire younger athletes.»

He said he also looked forward to working with younger athletes on the team.

It believes younger athletes want more data.

«I think that the only way to change perception is through visibility, through representation,» he told the Washington Post, adding that he hopes to be a role model for younger athletes.

We haven't put it together in a story that says, «Hey, if you're a young athlete in the U.S., Adidas is a cool brand for you.»

Alex Mason is one of the the youngest athletes the rapidly growing sport of slacklining has ever seen.

As I sit in his private meeting room in Livestrong's 35,000 - square - foot offices, a LEED - certified beauty that's all skylights and reclaimed wood, it's easy to imagine Ulman as that idealistic young athlete, suddenly derailed by cancer.

He says Adidas needs to «reset» everywhere, not just in the U.S. Evaluating the brand, Liedtke is as brutal as the critics, acknowledging that young athletes aren't looking to the three stripes the way they did a decade or two ago.

Our two youngest athletes are 16, and our two oldest are 52 (equestrian riders).

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.

Still, it's an impressive move to see a young athlete playing in what is likely the biggest game of his career up until this point.

But critics point to the high numbers of one - and - done players — who declare at the earliest opportunity under the rule — as evidence that the rule is not working as intended to prepare young athletes for life as an NBA player.

Six - time Olympic medalist Aly Raisman is suing the U.S. Olympic Committee and USA Gymnastics, claiming both organizations failed to properly police a disgraced former national team doctor now in prison for sexually abusing young athletes.

Raisman has filed a lawsuit against both organizations, claiming they «knew or should have known» about abusive patterns by Nassar, a disgraced former national team doctor now in prison for sexually abusing young athletes.

He'll be participating in outreach programs in schools, teaching young athletes about eating healthily.

USA Gymnastics has been reluctant to assume any kind of oversight over the independent businesses in the past, but Daniels said that has to change in order to protect young athletes.

The very fact that young athletes can grow weary and ultimately sustain permanent bodily damage in the pursuit of highly specified leisure represents a broader misconception of sports.

So, while they may make some academic advancement available to those for whom it would otherwise have been inaccessible, does not the perpetuation of this disorder make more seductive the lie that young athletes should devote all their attention to the vehicle to admission (sports) over and above the very substance of their future flourishing (the education in itself)?

I could be meeting with young athletes in my office, speaking to a sports team, working at lunch at the Cowboys, writing menus / blogs / articles, doing media, teaching, writing meal plans, etc..

I made them for my young athlete daughter but there is really not enough protein in each ball.

I also have to make sure I have more carbs available for my young athlete!

Whip up a power - packed smoothie no teen can resist that is great for a growing body and offers sustained energy to young athletes.

The recipe for Megan's nutty millet breakfast cookies sparked a memory of some of Cynthia Lair's guidelines for young athletes.

Jamie Faison is a physical therapist assistant at Children's Hospital Sports Medicine Center for Young Athletes in Walnut Creek.

Due to this risk of growth disturbance, surgeries for many ACL injuries in young athletes were delayed until patients were done growing.

With the rapid increase in single - sport specialization among children, orthopedic providers have seen a tremendous rise in the number of adult - type injuries in our young athletes, particularly anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) tears.

At Camp, our goal is to generate a passion for the game in young athletes by showing them how to accelerate their own progress and success.

As a result, multiple different techniques are now utilized during ACL reconstruction in the young athlete so that growth can be preserved and surgery does not have to be delayed.

His perseverance after the NFL Draft in 2005 when he slid down so far and then waiting for Brett Favre to move along in Green Bay also is a great lesson for any young athlete.

I promise you one thing: If you believe your rival is finding ways to compensate young athletes for their abilities, so is your team.

He regularly offers teaching and guidance to impressionable young athletes.

«It used to be that if you wanted performance enhancement, you'd have to go to the musclebound guy at the gym who was selling steroids,» says Mike Perko, an associate professor of Health and Applied Human Sciences at UNC Wilmington and author of Taking One for the Team: The New Thinking on Dietary Supplements and Young Athletes.

These changes have allowed physicians to effectively treat the growing number of young athletes who present with these injuries.

Velocity Sports Performance, a national chain of workout facilities, gets young athletes focused on phys - ed essentials

And though his journey has been unique to him, it's a similar path taken by young athletes every year.

The move also traded the young athlete before his salary was set to increase from approximately $ 1.5 million to just under $ 8.5 million.

An electrocardiogram revealed an abnormality, and follow - up tests in June confirmed that Carle has hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM), a genetic disease that is the most common cause of sudden death in young athletes.

It doesn't look all that different from any other grouping of youth ball fields, but, true to Haley's original vision, the park serves as an urban oasis for young athletes.

«If they take it seriously and really do a long - term, focused campaign that uses the celebrity power they have to change the way young people, especially young athletes, view masculinity and violence, it will be life - changing for generations.

Before his freshman season at Toledo, he was diagnosed with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, the heart ailment that killed Hank Gathers, Reggie Lewis and other young athletes.