Mom Around Town
Your Children and Concussions
Have you heard of the ImPACT test? It’s used to gauge the impact of concussions and also provides a baseline for athletes prior to any type of head injury.
Concussions have been a recent hot topic in professional sports news. The CDC defines a concussion as a type of traumatic brain injury, or TBI, caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head that can change the way your brain normally works. Concussions can also occur from a blow to the body that causes the head to move rapidly back and forth, according to the CDC. Not only have brain injuries been popular in national news, I've heard so many stories about local children and adults suffering from the aftermath of a blow to the head. My nephew, an athlete and honor student, has been out of school since last April due to consecutive concussions, the first one occurring in gym class. A friend’s daughter missed a week of school because of a …
tocman
8:59 pm on Monday, January 21, 2013
This is another condition that modern medicine has brought to our attention. I'm sure there are many of us who suffered concussions in our youth totally unaware that we actually were injured. Because we survived doesn't deminish the long term effects. It probably explains why there is much more dementia diagnosed. I do not think this is a money making scheme for doctors. Bilking insurance … more ›