LearningRx One-On-One Brain Training Shares Ways Parents Can Protect Young Athletes from Concussions or Their Effects
In Canada, June is Brain Injury Awareness Month and LearningRx (www.learningrx.com), the world’s largest one-on-one brain training company, is sharing tips with parents to help them protect their young athletes from concussions or minimize their effects.
- Check the condition of your child’s protective gear (helmet shells and cages for football, lacrosse, and hockey) and make sure it fits properly.
- Take your athlete to LearningRx-Richmond Hill for an initial Cognitive Skills Assessment to provide a unique baseline. If your athlete later receives a concussion, they can measure the results—for cognitive skills like visual and auditory processing, memory, and processing speed—to see if the brain skills have been weakened by the concussion.
- Ensure that your child’s coach is aware of—and following—the safest practices for suspected concussions (such as a required waiting period before putting a player back in the game).
- Make sure the team’s athletic trainer has a cordless screwdriver on hand during games to remove a helmet’s face mask if there’s a possible spine injury.
- Encourage your school to create or enforce rules regarding concussions. In 2010, Massachusetts enacted a rule that requires high school and middle school athletes with a suspected head injury or concussion to be removed from the game (or practice) for the entire day. They can’t return until they receive written medical authorization, and everyone (coaches, trainers, parent volunteers) must participate in annual concussion training.
- Talk with your young athlete about the risks associated with concussions—especially repeated head injuries. Explain how to identify the symptoms and discuss their options to sit out during practice or a game, even if the coach doesn’t require it.
If your child or teen has suffered a concussion and you’re concerned about how their cognitive skills may have been affected, call LearningRx-Richmond Hill (www.LearningRx.com/Richmond-Hill) to schedule a cognitive skills assessment.
About LearningRx®
LearningRx-Richmond Hill is the first LearningRx Centre in Canada. LearningRx is the largest one-on-one brain training company in the world. Their training programs are delivered through more than 200 locations in North America and in 48 countries around the globe (as BrainRx®). LearningRx has helped more than 100,000 individuals and families sharpen their cognitive skills to help them think faster, learn easier, and perform better. In addition to their in-Centre training programs that partner every client with a personal brain trainer to keep clients engaged, accountable, and on-task—a key advantage over digital brain games—the company also offers online training through real-time videoconferencing. This virtual delivery method allows clients to train from the comfort of their own home while still receiving the benefits of one-on-one brain training with a personal brain trainer. LearningRx's pioneering methods have been used in clinical settings for over 35 years and have been subjected to peer-review in more than a dozen scientific journals. To learn more, visit: https://www.learningrx.com
