Feds take aim at concussions
Posted Jan 19, 2012 5:28 pm.
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OTTAWA,ON – The federal government will spend $1.5 million to help reduce concussions in kid’s sports.
The money goes to ThinkFirst Canada, Hockey Canada, the Coaching Association of Canada and the Canadian Centre for Ethics in Sport to support efforts to reduce the rate and severity of sports-related head injuries.
The groups will work on increasing awareness of the problem among coaches, players and parents.
Among other things, they hope to develop guidelines for fitting helmets, and provide better information about the risks and signs of head injuries and when it’s safe to return to playing after an injury.
The groups will look at the information about concussion and head injuries that’s currently available and try to fill in any gaps.
Concussions in sports have become a hot topic in the last year, especially in the wake of the problems of NHL star Sidney Crosby.
