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 Center for Disease Control Reports Increase in Traumatic Brain Injury Related to Youth Sports

The number of youth sports related traumatic brain injury has increased 60% in young athletes.  The report by the Centers for Disease Control attributes the increase, in part, to greater public awareness.

Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) from participation in sports and recreation activities have received increased public awareness, with many states and the federal government considering or implementing laws directing the response to suspected brain injury.

Fellow Brain Injury Blogger, Michael Kaplen, reports on traumatic brain injury issues in athletes regularly.

Bicycling, football, and playground activities account for greatest increase

Emergency department visits for sports– and recreation–related traumatic brain injuries, including concussions, among children and adolescents increased by 60 percent during the last decade, according to a report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. CDC experts believe much of the increase occurred because more adults realized the youngsters needed to be seen by health care providers.

Traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, rose from 153,375 in 2001 to 248,418 in 2009, said the analysis in CDC′s Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report. Bicycling, football, playground activities, basketball, and soccer were the primary sports involved, the study said.

If you have a child playing sports in school, check to see if the coach has basic understanding of Traumatic Brain Injury Protocol.  Knowing when not to put your child back into play may be the difference between recovery and injury.

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Skiing accident claims another life joing the ranks of celebrities Natasha Richardson and Sonny Bono.  Sadly, a skier who previously suffered brain injury, was again injured despite wearing protective gear and helmet.

Squaw Valley, home of the Oympics, is a popular ski resort near Lake Tahoe, California.  It is also close to Lake Tahoe, Nevada.  Lake Tahoe is partly in California and partly in Nevada.  You can stand with one foot in California and one in Nevada in the town of Southshore, about 45 minutes from Squaw Valley.  The Nevada side has hotels and casinos which abruptly stop on the California side.

ESPN reporter Micah Abrams:

Twenty-six-year-old C.R. Johnson was killed Wednesday while skiing at Squaw Valley, Calif. According to a statement issued by the resort, the Lake Tahoe native caught an edge on exposed rocks while entering the Light Towers area above the Cornice II lift. He fell through rocks before coming to a rest several hundred yards below the entry. Ski Patrol were on the scene within minutes, but efforts to revive Johnson failed. He was reportedly wearing a helmet.

Johnson was known in recent years for his inspiring return to skiing after a traumatic brain injury that he suffered in December of 2005. The injury, sustained when another skier accidentally landed on him during a run, left him in a coma for 10 days. He spent 34 days in the hospital and several months in rehab, but was back on snow by the end of that winter. He made steady progress in recent seasons and this winter finished third in the prestigious Red Bull Linecatcher event in the French Alps.

The ongoing injury and particulary brain injury that permeates so many sporting events, warrants the repeating..."Wear a helmet and protective gear."

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