SportsSafe: Concussion. Brain. Body

Check out our blog post on water safety and concussions here:

Water Safety and Concussions: SportsSafe: Pediatric Concussion Clinics Tips on Preventing Concussions during Water Activities

Does your child play contact sports? If so, please watch this video by one of our PNP's Emily Woodard, discussing the importance of concussion baseline testing.

Baseline Concussion testing with Emily Woodard, APRN, CPNP Baseline concussion testing is so helpful for any child or teen in contact sports; it helps us assure that they have returned to their baseline performance a...

Do you have a softball/baseball player at home? If so, this blog gives some great tips on how to counter anxiety while playing baseball/softball.

How to Counter Baseball Anxiety | Baseball Mental Game Tips For some ballplayers, recognizing their anxiety response during a game may be too late. In other words, some players become so highly anxious. Read more now.

One of the most common post-concussion symptoms we discuss is headaches. Please check out our blog post offering insight into how to help your child or teen in the event he/she sustains a concussion and struggles with headaches.

Management of post-concussion headaches: SportsSafe: Pediatric Concussion Clinics This blog post sheds light on the very common post-concussion symptom of headache. We discuss why it occurs, other symptoms it could manifest as, medications a

The University of Pittsburg (UPMC) has a great Sports Medicine and Concussion Program. On their website, they offer offer guidance to athletes who play baseball and offer advice on "Strength and Conditioning, and Injury Prevention." If your child/teen sustains a concussion playing baseball, SportsSafe can help!

Baseball Injuries: Prevention Through Conditioning | UPMC Baseball players are at risk for arm or shoulder injuries. Learn how to help prevent these injuries with the proper strength and conditioning from UPMC today.