Limiting sports due to injuries: how to deflect?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. The sport DOES have a high concussion rate, and is not one where helmets are used. One other team-mate is out of school for the second week, not just benched, with concussion.
I'm not a sports fan, in fact I was startled when DC took up this sport. My older DC has a classmate with a knee replacement at 15, who still plays soccer...I don't know...

No, he has to stop this sport. Make him take up a different sport.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Soccer
Basketball
Baseball/Softball

In that order for sports that don't wear helmets. This is for the PPs who keep asking.

Yes, if he plays one of these sports, he's likely to get another concussion. Soccer far outstrips the others, but that's partially because of the sheer number of kids playing it.

He's in 8th grade. Sit him out for the season.

--Mom of 2 hockey players.

The rates are higher for football, hockey and lacrosse, actually.

http://ajs.sagepub.com/content/40/4/747

Never mind. I see now where OP said it was a sport without helmets. Sorry, PP.

It could be gymnastics, too. The injuries in that sport are sort of horrific.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Soccer
Basketball
Baseball/Softball

In that order for sports that don't wear helmets. This is for the PPs who keep asking.

Yes, if he plays one of these sports, he's likely to get another concussion. Soccer far outstrips the others, but that's partially because of the sheer number of kids playing it.

He's in 8th grade. Sit him out for the season.

--Mom of 2 hockey players.

of these, only basketball is a winter sport. So I'm a bit puzzled, unless its basketball.

[Anonymous]

Gymnastics is not going to have a varsity.

At that level, they are elite, not jv or varsity.

The fact she uses varsity tells me it is a school sports team.

OP your child may or may not use his sport to go to college and earn a living later in life.

Your child will definitely need to use his brain to do these things.

Put your priority on protecting his mind.

Sporting ability comes and goes.

[Anonymous]

I wonder why OP has such mystery about naming the sport.

[Anonymous]

I thought she made it pretty clear its soccer.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I thought she made it pretty clear its soccer.

that's not a winter sport so how could a teammate be out right now with a concussion?

[Anonymous]

I'd make him quit. We never let any of our sons play football for that reason and a couple of their friends had multiple concussions before they were out of middle school. We've always said, once concussion ok, but the second one they have to quit the sport. Our 15-year-old son got a concussion playing basketball last year where he was knocked out for a few seconds, but ultimately fine, thank goodness. He still plays club soccer and is going out for his high school team in the spring. But he knows another concussion and that's it. There are plenty of other non-contact sports a good athlete can do. But a brain injury can ruin your life.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought she made it pretty clear its soccer.

that's not a winter sport so how could a teammate be out right now with a concussion?

There is such a thing as indoor soccer

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I thought she made it pretty clear its soccer.

that's not a winter sport so how could a teammate be out right now with a concussion?

There is such a thing as indoor soccer

It's not a varsity sport.

What jurisdiction puts 8th graders on varsity teams? It's rare at our school for a 9th grader to make varsity in any of the concussion prone sports because they don't have the size to go up against 18 year olds.

[Anonymous]

Wrestling?

Either way, parents are taking sports way too seriously if they are considering 2 concussions acceptable at this age.

Really, do some research.

[Anonymous]

DC needs to quit. Two concussions is serious. Research the long-term effects of traumatic brain injury. Not good.

[Anonymous]

DS was HS football player (FCPS). Advanced from the Freshmen team to JV to Varsity all in 9th grade. He was good. Had a concussion. We discussed no more football. Hint ~ you can often get them to agree immediately after the injury because at that time they're really feeling lousy.

He waffled-about in other sports without distinction, was frustrated. Ended HS in student council as President. Don't think his path would have gone there w/out the change of focus.

[Anonymous]

Where are 8th graders and HS kids even in the same school?

I agree 2 concussions is too many.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:
Where are 8th graders and HS kids even in the same school?

I agree 2 concussions is too many.

Nowhere public. However, it is not uncommon for 8th graders to be allowed to play on the high school teams in sports where the middle school doesn't have one. In Arlington, that includes baseball, cross country and a few other sports.

What I would say to the OP is the following (should she ever come back):

Sift through these posts. Those of us who identified ourselves as having dealt with concussions in our athletic children, or having serious athletes in our households, or otherwise have experience with athletic children this age are all singing the same song:
a) see a professional to treat this concussion, and not just a GP.
b) treat this very, very seriously.
c) if the doctor says "out" that means practice, too.

A second injury to a concussed head can be life-ruining.