Athletic trainers, coaches, parents and health care providers take note: a 2024 Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) study published in The American Journal of Preventive Medicine using data from the National Concussion Surveillance System analyzed concussion rates of a group of 3,557 children aged 5-17 who visited hospital emergency departments over a 12-month Read more
With Super Bowl LIX on the horizon, Mid-Atlantic Concussion (MAC) Alliance’s medical director and president, Vincent Schaller, MD, DABFM, CIC, recently penned a LinkedIn article on his thoughts about the state of concussions in the NFL, and in organized football on all levels of play. The article, “Super Bowl LIX Musing of a Concussion Doctor” Read more
By guest blogger Dr. Abby Baldwin, PT, DPT, OCS, SCS, COMT, ITPT, GCS, AIB-VR THE ACL CRISIS: It’s all in your head. New research shows that concussions could be antecedents of ACL tears in contact sports. Can it be prevented? It’s almost a weekly headline for a women’s basketball or soccer player to announce an Read more
