By Dr. Joseph Horrigan | Huffington Post | View Full Article
Treating a concussion in a young athlete is different than treating a concussion in a college or professional athlete. A young athlete’s brain is still developing and while we don’t know the long term effects of a concussion on a developing brain, there are ways to see the signs and symptoms as described in Dr. Horrigan’s latest article for the Huffington Post. In the piece, Dr. Horrigan describes “cognitive rest,” which means the youth must not text on the phone, play video games, watch TV, read or study. Doing those types of things can delay the recovery of a concussion, because of the cognitive demand of the activities. The concussed youth must also reduce physical activity. Parents should watch for early concussion symptoms like difficulty understanding homework, having a hard time finding the right words, inability to complete tests in an allotted time, and compromised memory of school materials or events that happened before or after the concussion.
Click here to read Dr. Horrigan’s entire Huffington Post article on concussions in young athletes.
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