by Sue Robbins | Nov 5, 2013 | Headache Drugs
Researchers from Nationwide Children’s Hospital in Columbus, Ohio recently reported findings at the Child Neurology Society 2013 Annual Meeting that overuse of analgesics after concussion may fuel headache. Geoffrey L. Heyer, MD, from Nationwide Children’s...
by Sue Robbins | Apr 25, 2013 | Migraine, Sports Injury
The American Academy of Neurology (AAN) has released a new guideline for the assessment and management of athletes with concussion. This new guideline replaces the 1997 AAN guideline on the same subject. “These recommendations are the best summation of available...
by Dr Robbins | Jan 23, 2013 | Migraine, Sports Injury
We do see a # of younger people with sports concussions, with resulting headache syndromes(among other post-concussion problems)…..often it is after the 2nd(or 3rd or 4th) concussion, with lingering symptoms. Thse can be tough to treat, as they often do not...
by Dr Robbins | Nov 26, 2012 | Sports Injury
In the 1 million HS football players, about 60,000 concussions are reported yearly. At least as many go unreported (kids notoriously underreport concussions). Many of these lead to post-concussion syndrome, headaches included. These are tough to treat. A fascinating...
by Dr Robbins | Nov 25, 2012 | Sports Injury
This is the first post of several on youth and H.S. football, and head traumas. There are 3.5 million tackle football players age 5 to 14, and 1 million more H.S. players. I just wrote an OPED on this subject(has not been accepted yet), basically stating my position...
