Does my teen need to quit sports after three concussions?
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Anonymous
| My child is 15 and has had three concussions in his lifetime. The latest was this sports season. The pediatrician is telling him to quit sports. That seems extreme. They are not extreme concussions. Is this standard practice? The sport is lacrosse. |
Anonymous
| A concussion is a concussion. Absolutely he should be out of whatever sport is causing that rate of injury at only 15. Find a new sport. |
Anonymous
| Maybe not quit sports, but quit lacrosse. |
Anonymous
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Oooh - they’re not “extreme” concussions? Carry on then!!
Why TF is this even a question |
Anonymous
| Yes. Well, I mean track & field or swimming would be great. |
Anonymous
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Read up about the effects on football players.
Why would you take the chance? |
Anonymous
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When you say he has had three over his lifetime, were they distributed? Three concussions between 12 and 15 on the lax field, seems different than a kid with a concussion a 18 months climbing out of his crib, followed by one at 5 on the playground and one at 15 at lax practice.
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Anonymous
You can bang your head swimming colliding with a swimmer coming the other way or miscounting your backstroke strokes into the wall. |
Anonymous
| Sounds like lax is done for your kid. They should heal and then find a different activity. |
Anonymous
Have 4 swimmers. Concussion exceedingly uncommon. |
Anonymous
It is a brain injury. For sure he needs to drop the sport that he causing this. Sorry, but damage is cumulative, and life is long. |
Anonymous
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Do you also want to model for your child that you ignore medical advice when it is inconvenient?
Really, get your priorities straight. |
Anonymous
It can and does happen, hence the protocols. https://www.jackrabbitclass.com/blog/swimming-and-concussions/ Michael Phelps banged heads with another swimmer during warms up at a meet I think I recall. It's less likely that the OP's son will become a synchro swimmer but there's this... https://www.nytimes.com/2021/08/02/sports/olympics/artistic-synchronized-swimming-concussions.html Concussions occur in waterpolo and diving too. |
Anonymous
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Sorry, OP, but this is his BRAIN you’re talking about. I understand that quitting sports is sad and heartbreaking, especially for a teen boy, but it’s just not worth the risk.
Maybe he could take up golf or something? |
Anonymous
| My son plays hockey and I will push for him to quit if/when he gets one concussion. He is currently in 14u. |