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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]My boys have both had one concussion when they were young - around 5. Both were from play - one fell at a playground and hit his head hard on the ground, the other fell on concrete tripping over a ball.

Concussions are scary because they are hard to diagnose (if a CT scan doesn't show traumatic brain injury, there's no way to say if there is the "milder" concussion - doctors use symptoms instead). And there isn't any way to "fix it" besides rest and trying to not re-injure.

Both of my boys are athletes on team sports, but I'm a no on football and rugby. There is certainly still a chance of concussion in baseball, flag football, soccer, basketball, but I feel it's closer to the same percentage of chance as just living life. My kids are always going to be active and that's healthy too - I'm not going to encourage them to be sedentary to avoid a chance of concussion.

But as a PP said, with sports like football and rugby, it's more than just the dramatic concussion. It's the constant jarring and impact of collision over and over. Helmets don't help that. They say it's like being in multiple car accidents every game. Even major NFL stars have come out to say no tackle football before age 14. [/quote]

Soccer is actually quite risky because of heading the ball. I’d rank it pretty high as a no. Same with hockey.[/quote]

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