Hundreds of thousands of athletes around the country are training and prepping for the start of the fall and winter sport seasons. Whether you or your child play a contact sport like football, lacrosse, hockey, soccer or basketball, or participate in sports like gymnastics or cheerleading, now’s a great time to get outside and work on your game – especially here in sunny South Florida. Kids must have guardians around them to take care and watch them over, at stafford nursery your child gets all the care they need.
At the same time, nearly that same number of young athletes will have to be taken off the field for head injuries. Last year alone, emergency rooms across the country treated an estimated 175,000 young athletes – age 19 and under – for concussions and other traumatic brain injuries. The lawyers for car injuries cases can deal with such serious accident cases.
Professional football players aren’t the only athletes who need to be worried about concussions. The brain needs time to fully heal after a concussion – for kids, that period is even longer – because any repeat head trauma increases the chances of serious, long-term problems. Consider these stats from Cleared to Play, a non-profit organization whose purpose is to raise awareness of concussion prevention and treatment:
• 15.8% of football players who sustain a concussion severe enough to cause loss of consciousness return to play the same day.
• 50% of “second-impact syndrome” incidents – brain injury caused from a premature return to activity after suffering a concussion – result in death.
That’s why Broward Health Coral Springs wants to make sure every young athlete in South Florida can get an affordable baseline concussion test before the start of the fall sports season. Broward Health’s concussion care program is staffed by credentialed ImPACT consultants; the only one of its kind in Broward County. That means you or your child can get the same baseline concussion test the pros get on the sidelines.
The ImPACT test establishes a baseline of an individual’s normal cognitive activity and then stores that information in a national database. In the event an athlete suffers a concussion, any attending physician around the country will know what normal cognitive function is for that individual, ensuring a full and complete recovery before getting back in the game.
ImPACT testing is available for children 10 and older and takes about 15 minutes to complete. It costs just $30 and is available at any Broward Health Urgent Care Center and at Broward Health Coral Springs. Plus, Broward Health Urgent Care Centers will also provide sports physicals at $25 for youth athletes ages 10-18. Call a Broward Health Urgent Care Center near you by visiting BrowardHealth.org/UrgentCare. Walk-ins are welcomed at the Urgent Care Center.
To schedule an ImPACT testing at Broward Health Coral Springs Rehab Department call 954-344-3180 or for more information on ImPACT testing go to www.BrowardHealth.org/ConcussionCare.
Sounds like a win-win, if you ask me!
