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In a very recent article from a Boxford, Massachusetts’s newspaper, Wicked Local reported that concussions in children between 10-18 year olds went up 82% in the state. In the United States the statistic went up 71%, making Massachusetts’s #1 in the nation for concussion diagnoses. This is a starling new statistic for the parents of the 47 million children that participate in sport today. One problem mentioned in our September 22 discussion on problems within youth sport is the 1.35 million children that have sport related injuries a year.  |
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This Wicked Local article mentions the
increased awareness of head injuries in sport is part of the reason why the
reporting rate has increased. As said in
class, things like the concussion protocol test implemented by the NFL,
research of former NFL player brain damage and even the movie Concussion has
shined a major light on the real health issues related to sport. Another reason for this increase is a recent
trend of children playing only one sport, which related to the increase in
privatized and performance based programs.
Since these programs are at a higher competition and training level,
burn outs and over training play a big factor in youth sport injuries.
It is important to know how to prevent these injuries like progressively
increasing training by 10% each week and becoming aware of injuries, however
this will not completely solve the problem.
What other precautions can be implemented to lower the rate of sport
injuries among children?
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