Please stop with swimming. Ruining a good thread.

3 concussions here. 1 skiing, 1 soccer and 1 car accident. Ages 12, 17 and 40. I can tell you first hand the more concussions you get, the easier it is to have one. A minor fender bender caused me to hit my head and that was another event.
I love sports. Kids love sports. But after 2 events in a sport, that is enough.
And in case you didn't know, he should swim!

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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.

You do not know anything about swimming!! No swimmers are not getting concussions.

Um, I was an international swimming representative. And you?

NCAA division 1 swimmer then coach. Concussions don’t happen in swimming. Even a 5 year old knows how to use the flags in backstroke so they don’t hit their head on the wall. What on earth is an international swimming representative anyway?

I don't believe you. Most five year olds can't swim yet let alone compete in backstroke races, counting their strokes. They're probably in learn to swim classes with names like the tadpoles and starfish. PreK kids aren't too great at math yet either.

Since 2020, USA Swimming requires coaches and officials to complete concussion protocol training. Why is that? If you'd really been swimming that many years, at some time it's highly likely you would have banged into someone coming the other way in a crowded lane.

Extremely low risk in a swim team environment.

High risk with middle age bozos that don’t know how to split a lane.

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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.

You do not know anything about swimming!! No swimmers are not getting concussions.

Um, I was an international swimming representative. And you?

NCAA division 1 swimmer then coach. Concussions don’t happen in swimming. Even a 5 year old knows how to use the flags in backstroke so they don’t hit their head on the wall. What on earth is an international swimming representative anyway?

I don't believe you. Most five year olds can't swim yet let alone compete in backstroke races, counting their strokes. They're probably in learn to swim classes with names like the tadpoles and starfish. PreK kids aren't too great at math yet either.

Since 2020, USA Swimming requires coaches and officials to complete concussion protocol training. Why is that? If you'd really been swimming that many years, at some time it's highly likely you would have banged into someone coming the other way in a crowded lane.

Can you stop squabbling? You can hit your head doing anything. Swimming to a low risk for concussion sport. The end.

OP, yes, I’d make him quit. Perhaps he’d excel at tennis?

But there are several low risk sports he can play- do those

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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.

You do not know anything about swimming!! No swimmers are not getting concussions.

Um, I was an international swimming representative. And you?

NCAA division 1 swimmer then coach. Concussions don’t happen in swimming. Even a 5 year old knows how to use the flags in backstroke so they don’t hit their head on the wall. What on earth is an international swimming representative anyway?

I don't believe you. Most five year olds can't swim yet let alone compete in backstroke races, counting their strokes. They're probably in learn to swim classes with names like the tadpoles and starfish. PreK kids aren't too great at math yet either.

Since 2020, USA Swimming requires coaches and officials to complete concussion protocol training. Why is that? If you'd really been swimming that many years, at some time it's highly likely you would have banged into someone coming the other way in a crowded lane.

Anonymous wrote:As an analogy, I know someone who had to quit basketball because they found a hole in his heart. He was going to play college ball. OP would you agree with the advice to stop? How is your son’s BRAIN, which controls everything, any different?

Running golf tennis steer him towards sports he can participate in for the rest of his life

I have a hole in my heart and was told 25% of people do but most never know if because they weren’t screened for it. (I was being screened for a different genetic condition my brother has.). I have been told to make no changes to my behavior. So I wouldn’t take even that advice from a non specialist.

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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.

You do not know anything about swimming!! No swimmers are not getting concussions.

Um, I was an international swimming representative. And you?

NCAA division 1 swimmer then coach. Concussions don’t happen in swimming. Even a 5 year old knows how to use the flags in backstroke so they don’t hit their head on the wall. What on earth is an international swimming representative anyway?

Anonymous wrote:Please heed the expert advice you’ve already received from your doctor.

Better yet, get a second opinion with actual expertise in the area.

OP, I don’t know if you’re still reading this thread, but I can share what my household learned when a family member recently experienced a concussion. Having a concussion increases odds of a subsequent concussion. Doctors don’t know why or whether there is correlation (say, clumsiness) or causation involved. There is an additive effect of additional concussions that cannot be calculated in advance. Someone with a recent concussion should take a lot of caution not to receive another one during their recovery period.Contact sports definitely need to be stopped for the season, if not forever. We also heard from our family neurologist that the severity of the hit to the head does not always correlate with the severity of the concussion. Our doctor sees some people with seemingly mild injuries sustained at home who end up having enduring neurological symptoms from concussion for months. In other cases, someone can fall off a bike, go unconscious from whacking their head, and be asymptomatic a few weeks later. It’s unpredictable, and the only protection is not getting concussions.

Your child only gets one brain. Post-concussion syndrome is very seriously disabling and will interrupt not just sports, but academics and relationships. Please heed the expert advice you’ve already received from your doctor.

Boston Children’s Hospital has more information: https://www.childrenshospital.org/conditions/concussions#:~:text=In%20some%20cases%2C%20repeated%20concussions,like%20wrestlers%20and%20football%20players.

I’m surprised by the poster who has had at least 2 TBIs from horseback riding. We have a friend who has had one and still deals with the impact quite a few years later; she must never get on a horse again.

TBIs are very serious.

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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.

My brother played football and lacrosse 4 years varsity, no travel teams when he was three. Lacrosse was tougher than football on his body. Broken nose, broken finger, muscle and joint issues. Definitely find another sport. Basketball maybe.

Basketball is the worst sport for teeth injuries which are located next to your brain.

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Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry. Try crew.

There have been head injuries when the team is carrying to boat to the water.

Michael Phelps was clocked when he tried rowing.

https://www.lifefloor.com/blog-publishing/aquatic-concussions-anecdotal-problem-or-widespread-issue#:~:text=The%20good%20news%2C%20though%2C%20is,awareness%20around%20concussions%20in%20swimming.

Anonymous wrote: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.

Only slightly different. All 3 mean trauma to the brain. Why would you risk it with your kid's brain?!?!?!
It can only heal so many times. It's still very likely after 3 concussions already there is some permanent damages. Why keep at it until you do major damage?

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.

My brother played football and lacrosse 4 years varsity, no travel teams when he was three. Lacrosse was tougher than football on his body. Broken nose, broken finger, muscle and joint issues. Definitely find another sport. Basketball maybe.

Anonymous wrote:I’m sorry. Try crew.

There have been head injuries when the team is carrying to boat to the water.

Anonymous wrote:You should call the inova concussion hotline. They are really helpful. I don’t think there’s any evidence for the 3 concussion rule; I believe that’s outdated thinking. Might make sense for you to consult with experts on the subject. Good luck.

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