It is a scenario that can happen any day of the week to any athlete, young or old, and in any sport – a head concussion. National statistics show that an estimated 3.8 million concussions occur each year as a result of sport and physical activity. 58% of all emergency room visits in children ages 8 to 12 years old, and 46% for teenagers are concussion related. Which sport is the leading culprit? Football.

The subject has received tremendous attention at the professional and intercollegiate levels. At these levels, the athletes have an athletic trainer as their health care provider who can recognize and manage head trauma.


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However, at the high school level, only 36% of high schools have an athletic trainer nationally. And yet, high school football players suffer three times as many catastrophic injuries as college players – potentially meaning permanent disability injuries, neck fractures, serious head injuries and even deaths according to a 2007 study in the American Journal of Sports medicine. Recent data indicates that concussions in interscholastic athletics were responsible for 8.9% of all athletic injuries.

Furthermore, athletes who have had one concussion are 1.5 times more likely to have a second; those who have sustained two concussions have 3 times greater risk and the risk grows even greater with additional concussions. The severity and frequency of this type of brain issue is a growing problem. Further neurological research and treatment will hopefully alleviate longer term affects of concussions, but the best bet is to take precautionary measures and avoid these head injuries at all costs.

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