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Durbin: NFL, NHL, NBA, US Soccer, NCAA Endorse Concussion Safety Bill - Press Releases - Press Office - U.S. Senator Dick Durbin. Office Locations WASHINGTON, D.C.711 Hart Senate Bldg. Washington, DC 20510 9 am to 6 pm ET (202) 224-2152 - phone (202) 228-0400 - fax CHICAGO 230 S Dearborn St. Suite 3892 Chicago, IL 60604 8:30 am to 5 pm (312) 353-4952 - phone (312) 353-0150 - fax SPRINGFIELD 525 South 8th St. Springfield, IL 62703 8:30 am to 5 pm (217) 492-4062 - phone (217) 492-4382 - fax CARBONDALE 250 W. Cherry Street Suite 115-D Carbondale, IL 62901 8:30 am to 5 pm (618) 351-1122 - phone (618) 351-1124 - fax ROCK ISLAND 1504 Third Avenue Suite 227 Rock Island, IL 61201 8:30 am to 4:30 pm (309) 786-5173 - phone (309) 786-5404 - fax. Basic Search: Points of View Reference Center Home. Illinois Senator Introduces Legislation To Improve Concussion Safety In Youth Sports.

By Travis Waldron "Illinois Senator Introduces Legislation To Improve Concussion Safety In Youth Sports" Sen. Dick Durbin (D-IL) Amid new research showing that head-to-head contact in youth sports may be just as dangerous as such contact at the professional level, Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin (D) has introduced legislation that would enhance concussion management and safety protocols in primary and secondary schools across the country. Durbin announced the legislation at the beginning of high school football season in August. Between the time Durbin announced and filed the Protecting Student Athletes from Concussions Act, it received endorsements from six major sports organizations: the NFL, NBA, Major League Baseball, U.S. “Young athletes are at the greatest risk for sports-related concussions, and we need to make sure we are doing all we can to protect them while they compete,” Durbin said in a release.

Protecting football players from concussions. PHOENIX -- A groundbreaking study is taking place right here in the Valley to protect our football players from concussions. “We really want something objective that's going to tell us when someone's concussed and when it's safe to go back to play,” saiys Dr.

Javier Cardenas of Barrow Neurological Institute. He says concussions can be difficult to diagnose because they're so subjective. “We rely on the athletes to give us information about their symptoms, their signs. " But now, those athletes at ASU are uniformed with special helmets with sensors that tells the magnitude, the force, and the frequency of the these collisions. Dr. Jeffery Trent of TGEN has a team of 40 researchers on the project. “We focus on who has the three hardest hits and the three players who have the most cumulative hits in the game,” says Dr.

For the first time ever, researchers are combining that information with samples from the players. New concussion law aims to protect young athletes. This fall, Minnesota will join a growing number of states that are treating concussions more seriously. As researchers learn more about the long-term effects of concussions on the brain, many states are passing laws to protect young athletes from returning to play too soon.

Now, if a young athlete shows signs of a concussion, coaches must sideline them until they can get a medical all-clear. Concussions are a brain injury that can occur in any sport. Like other sports injuries, most of them heal within a short period of time. What makes concussions unique is that they are invisible, making it difficult to know exactly when an injured brain has completely healed. Athletes who return to play before a concussion has completely healed risk re-injuring the brain, which can have severe consequences. Adolescents in particular are vulnerable to this rare but dangerous rapid swelling of the brain known as second impact syndrome, and the results can be fatal.

REMOVE athlete from play immediately. Report warns helmets don't protect young athletes from concussion. (CBS News) Brown University junior Dillon O'Carroll was recruited to play football. But in August 2012 he decided to stop after his third concussion. "The reason I knew something was wrong was when I walked off the field, and I had sort of this white blindness and I said, 'Whoa,'" O'Carroll said. "That wasn't good, and I sat down, and again I started to feel like I wasn't myself. " A report out Wednesday from the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council said that in 2009 250,000 athletes age 19 and younger were treated for concussions, up from 150,000 in 2001.

Visits to the emergency room were up 57 percent. The report describes a "culture of resistance" where athletes feel pressure not to disclose potential concussions. "It's a very difficult decision because you've been playing football for all your life and you love everything that goes along with football," said O'Carroll. And there is no evidence soccer headgear reduces the risk of concussion. Dr. According to the report: Do Brand Name Helmets Offer Better Protection Against Concussion? If you read the marketing material printed on some popular sports helmets, you’d most likely get the impression that scientific research proves these particular helmets will provide your child better protection against sports-related concussions (SRC). Not necessarily so says Dr.Alison Brooks, with the University of Wisconsin. Brooks and her team reviewed three helmet brands used during the 2012 football season.

Students included in the study were 9th through 12th graders with a mean age of 15.9 years. The students – who completed a preseason demographic and injury questionnaire (with 171 reporting a concussion in the prior 12 months) – wore various models of the three football helmet brands. No difference was seen in the rate or severity (based on days lost) of sport-related concussion by helmet type or helmet purchase year, Dr. "Contrary to manufacturer claims, lower risk and severity of SRC were not associated with a specific helmet brand," Dr.

New concussion law aims to protect young athletes. A Parent’s Guide to Concussions :: Nationwide Children's Hospital. Point: Increased Education and Awareness Will Reduce Sports-Related Concuss...: Points of View Reference Center Home. Protecting Athletes From Concussions | WBBJTV West Tennessee's News Channel | Local News. Concussions are being taken more seriously in the world of sports. Now schools and hospitals are doing their part to help spread the word about concussion prevention. "Concussions are on the forefront of everything with all the lawsuits going on with NFL players so there are a lot of studies being done on concussions. " Almost any athlete knows the danger of a concussion, and a good portion of them have had concussions themselves. "Concussions are very serious because we’re dealing with the brain," Dr. James said. "It could be a life threatening injury. " Luisordaz. Vanbilliard. Google. ESPN: Deportes - Lo último del mundo deportivo.

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