North Carolina lawmakers are scheduled to sign on a bill, which will put into law several different statutes to protect high school athletes’ from the dangers of concussions.
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The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) released the latest surveillance report about traumatic brain injury (TBI) deaths. The information, collected from 1997 to 2007, is compiled to help provide insights to help doctors, public health officials, and other professionals assess the impact of brain-related injuries. There is some good news in the
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Cheer is an evolving sport. As such, parents, coaches, and cheer athletes should expect and demand the kinds of training and equipment that can keep injuries to a minimum. Injuries like those experienced by: Bethany Norwood, a Texas cheerleader who was paralyzed in 2004 when her teammates failed to catch her after tossing her in
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Last week, in part one of this 3-part blog on Cheer safety, we told you about why it was important for Cheer to be recognized as a sport: namely, safety. Schools are required to provide trained coaches for athletes, and “real” sports are provided with the space and equipment necessary for safe practice. Cheer squads
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What do you call an activity requires strength, stamina, flexibility, agility, planning, and coordination with team members? What if the participants were required to train with weight-training and aerobic exercises? And what if that activity was performed in gymnasiums, in stadiums, and on outdoor fields? And what if teams competed regionally and nationally? That sure
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Terry Bradshaw is one of the most celebrated football players in NFL history. He played 14 seasons as a quarterback with the Pittsburgh Steelers. He is a four-time Super Bowl champion–including leading the Steelers to their first Super Bowl win during Super Bowl IX. In 1996, he was voted into the Football Hall of Fame.
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For the first few weeks after a traumatic brain injury (TBI), everyone’s energy and attention is focused on recovery. But once the physical aspects of the injury have stabilized, the next step is to turn attention to the immediate and long-term financial aspects of TBI. A major part of that is to talk with an
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I first became interested in this line of legal work when I was two years out of law school and my first brain injury client came to me for help. It was then that I realized that he was just like me – young, interested in finding a wife and starting a family, owned his
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The goal of Brain Injury Awareness Month is to help the public learn more about brain injury, and to improve the lives of everyone affected–those who are living with brain injury, and their families and caregivers. To play our part, we have created our own quiz to help test your level of awareness. 1. According
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When Sarah Jane Donohue was five days old, she was shaken violently by her baby nurse. The result was four broken ribs, 2 broken collarbones, and severe, permanent brain injury. As a response to this devastation, her father, Patrick Donohue, Esq., founded The Sarah Jane Brain Project. Its mission is to create a model system
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