3.9 million
— that’s the estimated number of sports and recreational-related concussions
every year in the United States, according to The Centers for Disease Control
and Prevention (“CDC”). The problem, though, is that you can’t see a
concussion.
Briefly, a concussion is an injury that changes how the cells in the brain normally function and is caused by a blow to the head or body that causes the brain to move rapidly inside the skull. The CDC reports that football and hockey have the highest number of concussions, followed by soccer, wrestling, basketball, field hockey, baseball, softball and volleyball. It’s estimated that U.S. high school athletes sustain 300,000 concussions per year; 67,000 from interscholastic football. The risk of concussions is highest in the 15-to 19-year-old age group among all age groups nationally.
There are tons of concussion management and "return to play" protocols available thru the CDC and your state's interscholastic website.
http://www.npr.org/2017/07/25/539198429/study-cte-found-in-nearly-all-donated-nfl-player-brains
