With the passage of the Memorial Day holiday, school children in Queens are eagerly anticipating the end of the school year. Along with the sunshine and warmer temperatures that accompany the summer months, are the many dangers posed by other activities commonly enjoyed between May and September.
With summer fun comes increased risks of head injuries
Study links repeated concussions with dementia
For school-aged children, the positive aspects of participating in sports are frequently discussed. Involvement in school athletics helps kids get exercise to ward against obesity. Additionally, according to TrueSport.org, kids that participate in team sports tend to have higher self-esteem, get better grades and have stronger friendships.
Personality changes after a brain injury
The human brain is an amazingly complex organ, the contents and makeup of which essentially make each of us who we are. In cases where an individual is involved in a car accident, falls and hits his or her head or suffers a blow to the head playing a sport; an injury to the head and brain can occur.
Why in the case of high school football, practice may be dangerous
In recent years, there's been a wealth of information that’s been discovered about concussions and sports. A lawsuit filed by both current and former NFL players helped raise awareness about the issue. Since that time, much attention has been paid to the impact of concussions on athletes, particularly young athletes whose brains are still developing.
