obie7661
10-01-2007, 02:33 PM
http://www.nytimes.com/2007/10/02/sports/othersports/02concussions.html?ref=sports
“...I thought they were a football injury — a boy thing,” said Stohler, a junior at Conard High School in West Hartford, Conn. “Those guys are taught to hit hard and knock people to the ground. But anyone can get a concussion, and I don’t think a lot of girls recognize that. They have no idea how awful the effects can be — it changes your life.”
Stohler, 16, has more company than most people know. While football does see the most concussions (and controversy over their treatment) in high school athletics, girls competing in sports such as soccer and basketball are more susceptible to concussions than boys are in the same sports, studies show....
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/10/01/sports/concussions.2.190.jpg
“...I thought they were a football injury — a boy thing,” said Stohler, a junior at Conard High School in West Hartford, Conn. “Those guys are taught to hit hard and knock people to the ground. But anyone can get a concussion, and I don’t think a lot of girls recognize that. They have no idea how awful the effects can be — it changes your life.”
Stohler, 16, has more company than most people know. While football does see the most concussions (and controversy over their treatment) in high school athletics, girls competing in sports such as soccer and basketball are more susceptible to concussions than boys are in the same sports, studies show....
http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2007/10/01/sports/concussions.2.190.jpg