Monday, December 7, Sports Injury Program, Wayland Middle School, 7-8:30pm

If you are a student athlete, a parent of a future or current student athlete or a coach, we urge you to attend this presentation and learn about research on the danger of brain injury and how to guard against it: We need to protect our athletes from the dangers of concussions and brain injury.

Do you wonder why you keep hearing about new concerns over concussions in sports from 60 Minutes, the New York Times, Malcolm Gladwell and The New Yorker, and the Boston Globe? Are you concerned how this brand new research affects our athletes, young and old, with risk of brain damage, depression and premature Alzheimers-like symptons?

The leaders in this field are at Boston University School of Medicine and the Bedford VAMC.  Wayland's Dr. Ann Mckee, Assoc. Prof. of Neurology and Pathology Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, has offered to share her groundbreaking research on the effects of brain trauma.

She will be joined by her Co-Director Christopher Nowinski, President of the Sports Legacy Institute and former Harvard football player and WWE wrestler. Chris lost his career and suffered five years of post-concussion syndrome simply because the information you will learn in this presentation was not available at that time.

Wayland's Stephen Bushee  MEd. ATC,  Boston College Assistant Athletic Director for Sports Medicine and Head Athletic Trainer, a frequent speaker on head injury in sports around New England, will discuss concussion recognition, management and return to play concerns.

Former Patriots player, Ted Johnson, will be speaking, schedule permitting, on his experience with concussions.

Come learn the hidden dangers of concussion and brain injuries in sports. See the cutting-edge research performed in Dr. McKee’s brain bank that has revealed that repetitive brain trauma from sports can create a progressive, degenerative disease called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) that is similar to Alzheimer’s disease except the average onset is in the 40’s. It has been found in former football players, boxers, hockey players, soccer players and other athletes exposed to head trauma, who develop memory problems, depression, and loss of emotional control. The results are too significant to ignore.

Sports are important and need to continue, but we must reduce head injuries and their devastating consequences. We need to re-train our coaches and children to learn how to recognize head injury and how to take appropriate action.  All Wayland coaches are being asked to attend.

Concussions can't fully be prevented, but they can be reduced.  We can change the way sports are practiced and played to minimize brain trauma. It's never too early and never too late.  

SAVE THE DATE:  Monday, Dec. 7
TIME:  7:00-8:30
 LOCATION: Wayland Middle School
Free to the Public

(Questions, call Wendy Price 508-358-8102)

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