Concussion Culture E-book ePub version

Description

Do you know how to work with Concussions?

• 50% of National Football League (NFL) players will sustain a concussion this season and 74% will suffer multiple injuries.
• The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimate that there are up to 3.8 million sports-related concussions reported in the U.S. annually.
• Players with three or more concussions are 3-6 times more likely to suffer further concussions.
• Test scores of mental agility and memory drop with each successive concussion.
• Concussion can impair the ability to learn (now and in the future).
• Female athletes are 64% more likely to get a concussion.
• 41% of concussed athletes return to play too early.
• 10% of concussed players lose consciousness.
• The amount of force required to fracture a skull is equivalent to falling from a standing position and hitting your head on the floor. Imagine what happens to your skull when 250-300 lb. players collide at full speed.
• Most concussions cannot be seen with Computed Tomography (CT) scans, Magnetic Resonance Images (MRI) or cranial X-rays.
• There is a concussion-related Emergency Room visit every three minutes.
• Athletes 12-15 years old make up 47% of the sports-related concussions seen in hospital Emergency Rooms.

The information in this book is based on extensive research, over forty years of professional practice and clinical evidence from our patients. Concussion Culture will reassure you that concussion symptoms can be reversed and that long-term effects can be avoided.