Does my teen need to quit sports after three concussions?

[Anonymous]

My kids and step kids are not allowed to play any contact sports - football, lacrosse, soccer, hockey, etc.

All concussions are extreme.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Yes. Well, I mean track & field or swimming would be great.

You can bang your head swimming colliding with a swimmer coming the other way or miscounting your backstroke strokes into the wall.

Have 4 swimmers. Concussion exceedingly uncommon.

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.

OT - I am always truly fascinated by this personality type, but I guess it's not uncommon. We do have the movie Election as proof.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote: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.

You suck as a parent.

It is not "extreme"

How do you not know this answer?

[Anonymous]

I’m sorry. Try crew.

[Anonymous]

My brother played rugby in high school and college. He loved it and had a great community in it. Also at least three concussions.

The depression developed in his mid 20s. Cost him his first marriage and finishing a PhD program. He married again, had kids late, loves being a dad, has a good enough job to support his family, and decent life but has continued to struggle with depression for 30 years, has other related health issues, and ultimately I think was robbed of much joy and success and ease of living in the 35 years since high school.

If my mom could go back in time and make him take up something besides rugby she 💯 would.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DCUM is very risk averse.

I have participated in a risky sport (equestrian) since I was 8. I love it and it is a huge part of my life.

I have had many concussions, including two fairly severe TBIs.

For an unrelated reason, I have had several MRIs in the last year. My brain still looks good in every respect except the benign, asymptomatic brain tumor I have that is completely unrelated to concussions.

During this time I talked with several top neurologists and neurosurgeons about my concussion history, and they said that CTE is not so much likely when you have a few large concussive events as when you have repeated smaller impacts, often not even diagnosable. The cited football and headers in soccer as strong risks, and my 4-5 bad accidents as a much lesser risk.

These people claiming they stop at one are misled.

Dont come to DCUM for risk advice. I rode my horse this morning!

And you are antivax, a trumpet and an idiot.

OP this post is beyond stupid.

This person does not have a Medical degree your son's doctor does.

All medical advice ie people who have actually studied the brain would concur no more sports!

This pos is an absolute idiotic selfish post ignore it.

[Anonymous]

Yes OP, past time to stop.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:My son is playing rugby and we have a 1 severe or 2 mild then out agreement.

Get him out now.

As an fyi, I have physicians who had a similar agreement but than backed out. They were afraid the kid would start hiding injuries if they knew there was a limit before being pulled/ They still planned to pull the kid given a concussion but didn’t want a number spelled out.

[Anonymous]

My kid suffered several concussions as a young man in several sports. He’s in his late 20s now and struggles with various mental health issues including depression. I believe that the concussions have contributed. Just my thoughts.

[Anonymous]

OP here. Just catching up on replies. Concussions are not due to the sport. They are over the course of his lifetime and at least five years apart each.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just catching up on replies. Concussions are not due to the sport. They are over the course of his lifetime and at least five years apart each.

He has his first concussion at age 5???

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote: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.

You suck as a parent.

It is not "extreme"

How do you not know this answer?

Also, he was told to quit all sports not just lacrosse. This was not his normal doctor, hence the lack of instant trust. To the people hurling insults, like this PP, you know nothing about me. I know more about you from your reply than you know about me from my question.

[Anonymous]

So he's had a concussion at 5, 10 and 15. What kind of parent is ok with this?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Just catching up on replies. Concussions are not due to the sport. They are over the course of his lifetime and at least five years apart each.

He has his first concussion at age 5???

He did. An older kid accidentally kicked a soccer ball into the back of his head at a park.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So he's had a concussion at 5, 10 and 15. What kind of parent is ok with this?

You sound nice.