Sports and Brain Injury

Learn about the risks of brain damage from youth sports, and what can be done to protect our young athletes. Dr. Robbins launched a public awareness campaign in December 2012 to warn people that despite the many benefits of youth sports, we are increasingly learning about the headaches, memory problems, and other health impacts being inflicted on young people.

Football Head Injury

Learn about the risks of brain damage from youth tackle football, and what can be done to protect our young athletes. Dr. Robbins launched a public awareness campaign in December 2012 to warn people that despite the sport’s many benefits, we are increasingly learning about the headaches, memory problems, and other health impacts being inflicted on young people by tackle football. 

Ban Tackle Football Under Age 12

Children should just play flag or touch football until at least age 12. The evidence is compelling that early exposure to tackle football may permanently harm the brain.  Intuitively, it’s just not a terrific idea for a child to use his head as a battering ram.

Hockey Safety and Brain Trauma

Hockey Safety and Brain Trauma

We are only dealt one brain for a lifetime. Hockey luddites have traditionally dismissed brain traumas with “don’t worry, it’s only your coconut”. However, even big, tough hockey players suffer mightily from the result of repetitive head traumas. A recent rash of...

Heading the Ball Causes Brain Damage

Heading the Ball Causes Brain Damage

Heading a soccer ball is not as innocuous as once was thought. Headers sometimes result in a concussion. Thousands of headers over a career may lead to permanent brain damage. A growing body of evidence points to the adverse effects of multiple headers. One...

International Concussion Conference

International Concussion Conference

Medical experts and NFL officials are gathering this Saturday in London to address the diagnosis and treatment of player concussions. Concussions and head trauma suffered by athletes remain a controversial topic, prompting many contact sports to change rules and adopt...

“Can Animals Help Limit Concussions?”

While more retired N.F.L. players continue to announce they have (or had) progressive neurodegenerative brain disease, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or C.T.E., the N.F.L. playoffs have started. Gregory D. Myer, director of research in sports medicine at Cincinnati...

Boy Scores Moving Touchdown

Payton, a 9 year old Ohio boy suffered severe brain damage at the age of 5, and lives with just half a heart. Yet, he recently scored a touchdown for his football team. Check out the video at www.frequency.com/video/9-year-old-ohio-boy to be inspired by Payton and his...

Cycling Tops Football for Head Injuries

While football tends to dominate discussions around sports-related head injuries, there are far more traumatic brain injuries occurring each year due to biking accidents. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons reports that biking accidents played a role in...

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