Brain Injury Today: Keeping Kids Safe Playing The Sports They Love!
Originally posted by Brain Injury Alliance of Washington
Safety and participation should go hand-in-hand when it comes to sports and exercise in general. In this episode of Brain Injury Today, BIAWA Executive Director Deborah Crawley speaks with Darin Harris and Dr. Stan Herring about why it’s important to keep kids active, while also avoiding preventable injuries by building a culture of safety. Darin Harris speaks from his perspective as a former UW football player who suffered a brain injury but continues to coach youth football. And Stan Herring shares his insights as a leading sports medicine doctor who has helped pass state laws to make sports safer and continues to promote safety as the co-founder of The Sports Institute at UW Medicine.
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This episode of Brain Injury Today is sponsored by Washington State Traumatic Brain Injury Council, was produced and edited by goal17media.com and is available on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, or Spotify.