by Dr Robbins | Feb 17, 2013 | Sports Injury
Dr. Robbins has recently written an Opinion Editorial on the Listserv of the Southern Headache Society. He has voiced his concerns regarding tackle football before the age of 18. While high school players have strong neck and shoulder muscles that can absorb some of...
by Dr Robbins | Oct 9, 2012 | Sports Injury
Texas doctors and legislators believe the health of student athletes will be better protected with the recent enactment of Natasha’s Law. The new state law requires specific responses when student athletes get concussions on the field. Previously, a coach was...
by Dr Robbins | Jul 19, 2012 | Sports Injury
While there has been a lot of coverage pertaining to concussions in young athletes as well as for professional athletes who have played high-level contact sports such as ice hockey and football, little has been discussed about long-term implications of concussions...
by Dr Robbins | May 14, 2012 | Sports Injury
New research in The American Journal of Sports Medicine shows that younger athletes, and those who are female show more symptoms and take longer to recover from a concussion than athletes who are male or older. While researchers have known that girls run a greater...
by Dr Robbins | Jan 17, 2012 | Migraine, Sports Injury
A study published in the journal Pediatrics found that girls are more likely than boys to have headaches after suffering a traumatic brain injury, such as a concussion. Approximately 1.7 million people suffer a traumatic brain injury each year according to the U.S....
