Nearly 2 million American children and teenagers were treated for traumatic brain injuries and concussions in emergency rooms between 2010 and 2016, according to a new Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) report. That averages to 283,000 every year. Sports and recreational activities were the leading causes for childhood brain injuries, with football, bicycling,…
ReadAccording to new figures released by the NFL, the number of concussions on the league dropped nearly 25% throughout the last season.
ReadNew research suggests that young football players are even more likely to experience brain injuries than previously believed. According to the report published recently in The Journal of Pediatrics, football players between the ages of 5 and 14 saw higher concussion rates than reported in the past, with approximately 5% of players experiencing a brain…
ReadFor once, the National Football League is being celebrated for taking an active stance to advance concussion research after it was announced the league would be awarding more than $35 million in grants towards medical research focused on brain injuries. The grants are the result of a $100 million initiative announced in 2016 by the…
ReadIn light of the growing concern about concussions and their long-term risks for developing CTE, the nation’s largest youth football organization has taken a number of steps to reduce the risk for their young athletes – such as enacting protocols to remove hurt athletes and banning kickoffs altogether for its youngest athletes. Now, the organization’s…
ReadWhen 16-year-old Dylan Thomas died last month following a scary set of events beginning with the young athlete collapsing on the field, it was assumed he died from issues related to a traumatic brain injury. However, the cause of death technically remained a mystery until earlier this week. Now, the Pike County coroner who assessed…
ReadExperts and sports organizations have been looking everywhere for a way to significantly decrease the number of concussions in football, to little success. However, a small change to how Ivy League football teams play the game may just be the secret to making the game drastically safer for athletes. A study, published this week in…
ReadOn September 12, 2015, 12-year-old James Ransom experienced a seemingly minor concussion in a youth football game. Just over a year later, Ransom would take his life at the young age of 13. Now, his parents are looking for answers whether that single hit to the head could have been the turning point that may…
ReadOver the past decade, every state in America has enacted some form of a concussion protocol to protect young athletes from the more severe long-term effects of repeated brain trauma. However, two new studies from the University of Minnesota suggest these protocols may be critically flawed. As the studies published in the Berkeley Journal of…
ReadBetween several studies, stories from the locker room, and what we witness every week in football, it is obvious that many concussed athletes wind up going back onto the field prematurely after injuries – especially concussions. Typically, we blame the athletes. People suggest that they are “too macho” or that they “don’t want to let…
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