March 2014 is Brain Injury Awareness Month, Help Us Spread the Word!

Looking to pitch in and help advocate for Brain Injury Awareness month? Your help is needed! Each year, 2.4 million Americans sustain a brain injury. As the Brain Injury Association puts it, "A brain injury can happen anytime, anywhere, to anyone - a brain injury does not discriminate."

If you're interested in helping but don't know how, visit the BIA's website here to read more about how you can do your part to spread awareness in your community. Through increased awareness, we can all learn about how to prevent brain injuries and how to help those around us recovering from them. 

"Back-to-school health: Recognizing sport-related concussions"

As our Relevant Statistics section can attest to, sports-related Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBIs) are a real problem for today’s kids. While concussions seem to be occurring more frequently among young athletes, most coaches, parents, and even players themselves don’t realize when it’s happened. As this article posted on Boston Children’s Hospital’s pediatric health blog warns, “Children who get a second concussion before fully recovering from the first are at a greater risk for serious, long-term problems.” This is a great read that provides helpful tips on how to recognize concussions so they can be treated immediately and further damage can be avoided.  

“Back-to-school health: Recognizing sport-related concussions,” by Alexandra Wade, Michael O’Brien, MD, and William Meehan, MD

To contact Dr. O’Brien with any further questions, send them in a tweet with hash tag #SafeSports and hopefully he’ll respond!

Update on Monday, October 1, 2012 at 10:54PM by Minutes for Memories

Some National Football League players choose helmets for looks over safety??? Maybe they should all read this article too...