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What's New, Top Stories, Prevention & Risk Reduction, Identification & Diagnosis
August 8, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
Immediate Concussion Symptom Reporting Shortens Recovery Time By Five Days
Immediately reporting concussion symptoms is in a team’s best interests because it gives the athlete the best chance to return to sport activity in the shortest amount of time and
Andrew M. Blecher, M.D.
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Top Stories, Identification & Diagnosis
August 2, 2016
- Andrew M. Blecher, M.D.
Author: Primary Care Sports Medicine physician at Southern California Orthopedic Institute (SCOI); Medical Director of the Center for Rehabilitation Medicine at SCOI and Director of its SCORE Concussion Program.; Diplomate of the American Board of Family Practice; member of the American Medical Society for Sports Medicine, and Board Certified in Sports Medicine; Certified ImPACT Consultant; team physician for Los Angeles Valley College, College of the Canyons (Valencia, CA) and Notre Dame High School (Sherman Oaks, CA).
Immediately Report Concussion Symptoms: For The Good of The Team
“It’s just a bruise.” “I’m hurt but I’m not injured.” “You are supposed to play through pain.” “I just got my bell rung.” “It’s just a ding.” “It’s a badge
Shannon Bauman, M.D.
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Top Stories, Identification & Diagnosis
August 2, 2016
- Shannon Bauman, M.D.
Author: Medical Director and founder of Concussion North, a physician led inter-disciplinary team-based clinic specializing in sports injuries and sports related concussions in Barrie, Ontario, Canada. A member of the Team Physician committee for the Canadian Academy of Sports and Exercise Medicine (CASEM); she is a researcher and speaker on concussions, serves as medical advisor to the Simcoe County District School Board (SCDSB) Concussion Committee and Ontario Minor Hockey Association (OMHA), and has been involved in the development of medical guidelines for the management of concussions for the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation (ONF). As a Sports Medicine physician, Shannon has been involved with the Hamilton Bulldogs (AHL), Toronto Rock Lacrosse (NLL), Toronto Nationals (MLL), Hamilton Nationals (MLL), World Cup Sledge Hockey 2009, 2010 Vancouver Olympics Men's Sledge Hockey, and Team Canada Senior Women’s Lacrosse World Cup.
Athlete’s Request To Play Despite Continuing Concussion Symptoms Raises Many Questions
In reflecting on the culture of sport and the reasons an athlete may or may not report a concussion, I think about a 15-year-old-male elite rugby player who came to my office
Brooke de Lench
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Top Stories, Prevention & Risk Reduction, Blogs
July 15, 2016
- Brooke de Lench
Author: Executive Director of MomsTEAM Institute, Founder and Publisher, MomsTEAM.com, Producer of The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer. Follow Brooke on Twitter @brookedelench. Email her at delench@MomsTEAM.com.
Pediatrics Group’s Position On Tackle Football Strikes Right Balance
Recently, the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) endorsed efforts to limit contact practices in youth football, but declined to make a clear recommendation in favor of delaying the age at
Lindsey Straus
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Top Stories, Prevention & Risk Reduction, Effects of Concussion and Repetitive Head Impacts
June 28, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
Heading Ban in Youth Soccer: Too Far Or Not Far Enough?
Lest you thought that the November 2015 announcement by a group of national and state youth soccer organizations of a ban on heading in soccer age 10 and below and
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Brooke de Lench
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Top Stories, Effects of Concussion and Repetitive Head Impacts
June 10, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
- Brooke de Lench
Author: Executive Director of MomsTEAM Institute, Founder and Publisher, MomsTEAM.com, Producer of The Smartest Team: Making High School Football Safer. Follow Brooke on Twitter @brookedelench. Email her at delench@MomsTEAM.com.
Repetitive Head Impacts: A Major Concern At All Levels of Sports
UPDATED A growing body of research suggests that brain trauma among football players (and athletes in other sports such as soccer and ice hockey) is less the result of violent collisions
Lindsey Straus
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Top Stories, Prevention & Risk Reduction
May 27, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
Helmetless Tackling and Blocking Drills Lead to Decreased Head Impacts in College Football Players
Engaging in a 5-minute helmetless tackling drill twice a week during pre-season football and once a week during the season reduced by almost a third the frequency of impacts to
Lindsey Straus
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What's New, Top Stories
February 12, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
Pop Warner Settlement: Seismic Shift In Legal Landscape Or Just A Warning Shot?
In January 2016, Pop Warner reached a confidential settlement with Donnovan Hill, a Los Angeles-area football player who was rendered a quadriplegic at age 13 as a result of a helmet-to-helmet collision
Lindsey Straus
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Top Stories, Treatment & Management
February 9, 2016
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
Engaging In Exercise After Concussion May Actually Help Speed Recovery In Teens, Study Finds
A new study challenges the widespread recommendation for complete physical rest in the period immediately after concussion and for limiting physical activity until an athlete is no longer experiencing severe symptoms,
Lindsey Straus
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Top Stories, Prevention & Risk Reduction, Effects of Concussion and Repetitive Head Impacts
July 8, 2015
- Lindsey Straus
Author: Lindsey Straus is an award-winning youth sports journalist, practicing attorney, and has been Senior Editor of SmartTeams since its launch as MomsTEAM in August 2000. She can be reached at lbartonstraus@MomsTEAM.com.
Heading in Soccer: The Debate Continues
A youth soccer safety campaign urging middle schools and under-14 soccer leagues to eliminate heading in the sport as a way of reducing concussions continues to grab headlines, but is
