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The "Pioneer" in Youth Sports Concussion Safety Education

Praise for MomsTeam

"Brooke de Lench and MomsTeam are the Pioneers in Youth Sports Concussion Information and Education - they began the conversation in 2000 and do a wonderful job."

Robert Cantu, MD, Clinical Professor of Neurosurgery at Boston University School of Medicine, Co-Director of the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy, Chairman Department of Surgery, Chief Neurosurgery Service, Director Service Sports Medicine at Emerson Hospital

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"I think your web site is about the best I have seen."

Arthur C. Maerlender, Ph.D., Director, Pediatric Neuropsychological Services, Assistant Professor Dept. of Psychiatry Dartmouth Medical School – DHMC

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"I tell all of my patients and parents to go to the MomsTeam.com concussion safety channel for all of their information. There is no one better at providing concussion information for sports parents."

Stuart Glassman, MD, Concord, NH

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"Brooke de Lench, Founder of MomsTeam.com, is a beacon for those of us working to change the landscape of today's youth sport environment. At a time when our nation faces increasing problems related to obesity and lack of physical activity, we have evolved a youth sport scene which is both irrational and exclusionary. Ms. de Lench has dedicated herself to changing this myopic way of treating our children."

Paul Bearmon, M.D. Emergency Room Physician

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"I can't tell you the number of positive comments I receive about MomsTeam. I've recommended it when giving lectures and linked it to the MIMA Sports Medicine website. It is unmatched in its field."

Bruce Thomas, M.D., Medical Director of the Ladies Professional Golf Association, Assistant Professor, Florida State University School of Medicine and the University Of Central Florida School Of Medicine.

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"Already, because of Brooke de Lench's inspiration and dedication, a powerful movement of mothers dedicated to improving youth sports has taken form."

Eli H. Newberger, M.D., Harvard Medical School, Founder, Child Protection Team and Family Development Program, Children's Hospital in Boston.

Expert Tip

  • Many Factors In Return to Play Decision

    Factors which may help determine the amount of time an athlete is asked to remain symptom free before returning to contact or collision sports include:

    >>the length of time over which the athlete had symptoms from the concussion

    >>the length of time it took for the athlete to recover his or her brain function after the concussion

    >>the length of time it took for the athlete to recover his or her balance after the concussion

    >>the amount of brain dysfunction associated with the athlete's concussion

    >>the intensity of symptoms suffered by the athlete after the concussion

    >>the number of concussions the athlete has sustained over his or her lifetime

    >>the amount of time that elapsed in between the athlete's concussions

    >>the amount of force that was required to produce concussive brain injury in the athlete

    >>whether or not the amount of force required to produce a concussion in the athlete has changed over time.

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Concussion center logoWelcome to the MomsTeam concussion safety center! When we first began providing concussion safety information to parents, coaches and athletic trainers in 2000, we were considered the "pioneer" in concussion safety education. In the eleven years since its launch, the MomsTeam Concussion Safety Center has grown to be the largest, most comprehensive library of concussion safety information on the Internet.  Our team of sports concussion experts, editors, writers, researchers, and videographers are constantly adding to and updating a content catalog of more than two hundreds articles and videos to reflect the enormous advances that have occurred in the 2000's in concussion identification, evaluation, and management. 

Here you will find articles about how innovative new smart phone applications and tests are being used to identify possible concussion for early assessment on the sports sideline to reports on the latest research about the long-term effects of concussion on an athlete's cognitive function, from articles on each of the new state concussion safety laws to advice on the academic accomodations concussed student-athletes often need when they return to the classroom.

MomsTeam Health and Safety editors and writers, along with our experts, including Dr. William P. Meehan, III, Director of the Sports Concussion Center at Children's Hospital Boston, and Rosemarie Scolaro Moser, Ph.D., one of the leading sports concussion neuropsychologist in the country and Director of the Sports Concussion Center of New Jersey, continue to provide advice, support, articles, videos and blogs on the latest in concussion management and the dangers of traumatic brain injury.

Our mission now, as it was in 2001, is to do everything we can to minimize the long-term risks that concussions, if not properly managed, pose to athlete, and to provide objective and practical concussion information to parents, coaches, and athletic trainers  that reflects the latest consensus of medical experts and advances in research and technology, all in the direct, concise, easy-to-read, practical format that has always been MomsTeam's hallmark.

Brooke de Lench

Founder and Publisher, MomsTeam.com

 

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