Articles tagged with 'Concussions' | Checkup Newsroom

By Ashley AntleWith school back in session, many kids are once again suiting up for fall sports and hitting the field, track or court for competition. Doing so offers a child many benefits. Along with being an outlet for exercise and physical activit...

"Should my child play football?" "Should my child play football?" You may be asking yourself this question with all the recent news about the dangers of chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE. A study in the most recent Journal of the Amer...

With the Super Bowl marking the end of football season and the movie Concussion starring Will Smith in theatres the topic of concussions has never been more talked about more than it is today. If you have paid attention to football over the last s...

A new study shows that injuries to cheerleaders don’t happen often, but when they do occur they are usually serious. Researchers in Pediatrics found that only track and field and swimming were safer as far as the number of injuries to athletes, bu...