Today marks the 10th anniversary of the Zackery Lystedt Law, the first comprehensive law in the United States designed to reduce concussion risk and protect student athletes after head injuries....
It's been 10 years since Washington State passed the Zack Lystedt Law, the nation's first return-to-play law to address and safely manage concussions in youth sports ...
Some ask if there is hard evidence documenting the value of athletic trainers in high schools. Do they save lives, shorten injury time, prevent small problems from becoming big ones or help in other ways?...
Several leading medical organizations, including the American Academy of Pediatrics, American Medical Association, American Academy of Neurology and others, recommend that high schools employ athletic trainers to care for athletes and prepare for sports-related emergencies...
People ask and researchers ponder: How much does specializing in a single sport as a youngster increase the risk of developing overuse injuries?...
A concussion is an injury to the brain. Recognizing it is critical for a full recovery....
Ankle sprains routinely top the list of most common sports injuries, sidelining promising middle-schoolers and decorated pros alike...
Medical organizations representing pediatricians, sports medicine specialists and others have invested considerable energy in recent years urging young athletes to play multiple sports instead of specializing in just one. ...
Guidelines issued by several medical societies and sports governing bodies in recent years have reached an unusual level of consensus about four key elements of sports participation that seem to lessen the risk of overuse injuries and burnout in growing athletes and maximize their performance potential....
Young athletes who play more than one sport into their adolescence appear less likely to develop overuse injuries or to burnout from sports...