Sports and Brain Injury
Learn about the risks of brain damage from youth sports, and what can be done to protect our young athletes. Dr. Robbins launched a public awareness campaign in December 2012 to warn people that despite the many benefits of youth sports, we are increasingly learning about the headaches, memory problems, and other health impacts being inflicted on young people.
Learn about the risks of brain damage from youth tackle football, and what can be done to protect our young athletes. Dr. Robbins launched a public awareness campaign in December 2012 to warn people that despite the sport’s many benefits, we are increasingly learning about the headaches, memory problems, and other health impacts being inflicted on young people by tackle football.
Children should just play flag or touch football until at least age 12. The evidence is compelling that early exposure to tackle football may permanently harm the brain. Intuitively, it’s just not a terrific idea for a child to use his head as a battering ram.
Retired NFL Athletes Show Greater Risk for Alzheimer’s and ALS
The journal Neurology has released results from a study that revealed retired NFL athletes had a four-times higher risk of developing Alzheimer's and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also known as Lou Gehrig's disease or ALS than the general population. According to...
The Recreational Athlete and Head Injuries
While there has been a lot of coverage pertaining to concussions in young athletes as well as for professional athletes who have played high-level contact sports such as ice hockey and football, little has been discussed about long-term implications of concussions...
Headache and Traumatic Brain Injury
Researchers reported this week that headache is more frequent in persons suffering mild traumatic brain injury than after moderate to severe traumatic brain injury. The findings were announced this week at the 54th Annual Scientific Sessions of the American Headache...
Concussions May Be More Severe in Girls and Young Athletes
New research in The American Journal of Sports Medicine shows that younger athletes, and those who are female show more symptoms and take longer to recover from a concussion than athletes who are male or older. While researchers have known that girls run a greater...
Concussions Cause Headaches In Girls
A study published in the journal Pediatrics found that girls are more likely than boys to have headaches after suffering a traumatic brain injury, such as a concussion. Approximately 1.7 million people suffer a traumatic brain injury each year according to the U.S....
Multiple Concussions Linked to Increased Health Risks for Teen Athletes
A recent study pending publication in the journal Neurosurgery found that student athletes who experienced two or more concussions may experience early symptoms of post-concussion syndrome. For the study, 260 high school athletes with one previous concussion, 105 high...
Interdisciplinary Pain Rehabilitation Programs for Adolescents with Chronic Daily Headache
Chronic daily headache affects 2.4% of adolescent girls and 0.8% of adolescent boys. Some of those affected experience a downward spiral of increasing functional disability over time. Those in the downward spiral do not attend school, interact with peers, and/or...
