"Wide-Eye'd Blind": A Must-See Football Video

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Athletes Saving Athletes Program Gains NATA Support

The National Athletic Trainers' Association is now an official supporter of Advocates for Injured Athletes and its Athletes Saving Athletes^TM program, which provides high school students with training and skills to recognize signs and symptoms of life-threatening injuries, with the aim of reducing the risk and incidence of injury and death among student-athletes.

"Wide-Eye'd Blind": A Must-See Football Video

Submitted by Bobby Hosea on Fri, 03/02/2012 - 20:08. | comments

If you are an athletic director, football coach, game official or parent concerned about reducing the number of concussions and catastrophic head, neck and spinal injuries in the sport and have 25 minutes to spare, my non-profit, Train 'Em Up Academy, has produced an enlightening, empowering and powerful video, called "Wide-Eye'd Blind."

Why do I call it that? Because as a nation, we are literally standing by, with our eyes wide open but blind to the fact that our greatest resource, our young people, are suffering needless injury in the name of sport.

Sprained Ankles: Complicated, Often Misdiagnosed

Ankle sprains may be one of the most common sports injuries, but they're also commonly misdiagnosed. That's because the two major types of sprained ankles - high ankle sprains and lateral ankle sprains - often look the same, even though they affect entirely different ligaments.

Commotio Cordis: Can A Chest Protector Help?

Commotio cordis is the medical term for a rare disruption of the heart's electrical system resulting from a blunt impact to the chest that leads to sudden cardiac arrest. While commercially available chest protectors have not been shown in any peer-reviewed studies to prevent commotio cordis, whether such a heart shield provides an extra measure of protection for athletes playing baseball, lacrosse, and hockey, the sports with the highest rates of sudden death from the condition, is unknown.

Concussions: Parents Need To Be Pro-Active, Says Guskiewicz

Parents play a vitally important role with respect to concussions, says Kevin Guskiewicz, PhD, ATC., Kenan Distinguished Professor and Director of the Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center at The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, especially in detecting symptoms of concussion and signs of deteriorating mental status that suggests a more serious brain injury.

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Baseball Safety: Be Prepared For Electrical Storms

Asthma: Don't Let It Bully Your Child

Lingering Concussion Symptoms May Impair Child's Daily Functioning, Quality of Life: Study

Spring Break: Fun Outdoor Adventures For Entire Family

Emotional Abuse: Youth Hockey's Dirty Little Secret

Athletes Saving Athletes Program Gains NATA Support

"Wide-Eye'd Blind": A Must-See Football Video

Sprained Ankles: Complicated, Often Misdiagnosed

Commotio Cordis: Can A Chest Protector Help?

Concussions: Parents Need To Be Pro-Active, Says Guskiewicz

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