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Season-ending knee injuries are becoming common among female athletes in Australia's football codes, leaving medical experts increasingly concerned with the rise in this trend. 
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My body has always been there to catch me. It took an ACL injury to appreciate it.
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What can you do to protect, identify and treat a concussion? Scientist Julie Stamm, author of the book “The Brain on Youth Sports,” offers five tips to raise awareness.
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Women may be more susceptible to concussion, but remain significantly underrepresented within sport and exercise science research. This, leading experts warn, means they often do not get the treatment or aftercare they need following a head injury.
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Treatment for concussions in kids has changed in the past 10 years. A new study confirms the recent move away from prolonged days out of school.
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Two head injuries suffered by quarterback Tua Tagovailoa this year have put the spotlight on concussions.
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Learn about the unique physiology and requirements of females in sport. A self-paced online course to develop your knowledge on coaching and supporting female athletes.
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Our precious eyes are susceptible to a range of injuries in the warmer months as we spend more time outdoors, like playing backyard cricket, tennis or gardening.
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Influential figures from across the Pacific are working to ensure public health messages relating to COVID-19 reach communities at a time where misinformation and vaccine hesitancy are rife across the region.
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Up to 40% of sudden cardiac deaths in young people remain unexplained. But defibrillators and data are key to preventing them.
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"Tackling is dangerous. There's no safe way to do it. There are fair ways to do it, but there's no safe way to bring another man - or woman - to the ground and stop their momentum at the same time."
Peter Mellow's curator insight,
January 27, 2021 1:27 AM
As a parent, you have to think twice about letting your child play heavy contact sports like AFL, Rugby (either code) or football. At least in basketball there is no tackling.
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Many people depend on manual therapies to keep their medical conditions in check. Covid-19 has altered that landscape.
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T.J. Abraham’s career ended when his brain began to fail. His doctors blame football, and he is pushing for change.
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Short for postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome, POTS is diagnosed when a patient’s heart rate goes berserk, jumping way above normal when changing position from lying down to standing.
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Alix Popham and Lenny Woodard realized something was very wrong after they retired. Now, these ex-rugby stars are trying to warn others about a danger in the sport.
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When was the last time something terrible led you to something incredible?
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A senate inquiry into concussion and repeated head trauma in contact sports held its first public hearing last Monday. Change is coming to sport, and it will come fast. Meanwhile, many keep battling with the effects.
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The 66-year-old former tennis star called the diagnoses a “double whammy” that she hoped to overcome through treatment.
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While much of the inquiry into concussions and repeated head trauma in sport will focus on professional players and leagues, local teams and young players should also look out for the findings.
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If you’re a sports fan, be careful. Heavy drinking, eating of fatty foods and high stress during game play can take a toll on your health.
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Two NHL teams have combined to give ice hockey fan Nadia Popovici a $10,000 scholarship for medical school as a thank you for advising Vancouver Canucks assistant equipment manager Brian "Red" Hamilton to get a mole behind his neck checked out.
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As well as spreading the virus, the event eroded public confidence in the government’s handling of the crisis, undermining future containment efforts.
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Should we ask the Japanese people if the Olympics were worth the price of admission?
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A Melbourne-led research team has developed Australia’s first national protocols for treating children with head injuries.
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Children and adolescents who want to return to sports after having the coronavirus should be cleared by a doctor for heart risks.
Lydia Morris's curator insight,
December 11, 2020 10:47 PM
Youth sports during this pandemic is a very difficult subject to tackle. I am a huge advocate for youth sports and I think that is an essential outlet for kids. Sports really help kids growing up learn a million different lessons about self-control, teamwork, leadership, and who they are as a person. I also super important for kids' mental health along with physical health that they have an outlet and the opportunity to interact with other kids, even if from a distance. I really do not want kids now to be robbed of the opportunity to learn these lessons, but if play can not be done safely, we will be stuck in this bubble for a very long time. This article talks about long term risks of COVID-19 and how kids who had the virus, symptomatic or not, need to be cleared by a doctor before returning to play. I think a lot of parents of young athletes are overlooking the severity of this because they want to get back to some form of normalcy. Parents think that since their kid is young, healthy, and athletic, that this can't hurt them. Especially since my dad played soccer growing up, I always grew up hearing "rub some dirt in it" and "walk it off, you'll be fine." Parents now need to recognize this and protect their children. I know some club soccer programs that have done a great job adapting to the virus in ways that keep the players active and safe, and I know some programs that have done the exact opposite. Some programs require masks for players and coaches, temperature checks at the field, no spectators, and strictly local or intra-club games. I know other programs that practice in small enclosed gyms without masks, spectators, and travel al over the country for games. It is super important that youth sports be kept alive during this pandemic, but in order for everyone to benefit from it, it has to be done safely.
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Penn State's director of athletic medicine says of the coronavirus, "we really just don’t know what to do with it right now."
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