Brain Injury Today: Tracing Sports Safety Policy In Washington
Our co-founder, Dr. Stan Herring, speaks with Brain Injury Alliance of Washington on improving sports policy in the state and across the nation....
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Dr. Stanley A. Herring receives lifetime achievement award
The American Academy of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation is honoring Herring, co-founder of The Sports Institute....
Create safe environments to keep kids moving, more important now than ever
Our co-founder, Stanley A. Herring, MD, speaks on the importance of youth sports returning and retaining in Washington state's reopening in this Seattle Times opinion piece....
Brain Injury Today: Keeping Kids Safe Playing The Sports They Love!
Our co-founder, Dr. Stan Herring, joins Brain Injury Alliance of Washington for this episode of Brain Injury Today....
Law that gives trainers authority to pull players at center of effort to combat concussions
In 2006, playing in a middle school football game, Lystedt suffered a blow to his head. He returned to the game and was hit again, this time suffering a catastrophic brain injury that had him on life support for a week. His recovery required intense physical therapy. It was nine months before he could speak. It was two years before doctors could remove his feeding tube...
Healthy Living: 10 years since Washington State passed first return-to-play law for youth sports
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 ...