Category Archives: Sports Injuries

Brain Awareness Week (or how to avoid Zombification from a concussion)

Posted on March 11, 2013 by Nina

This week, be aware of your brain. Your deli­cious, deli­cious brain. Not only are they great for feed­ing your zom­bies, the gooey cen­ter in all of our skulls are extremely impor­tant! Here’s our own Dr. Rat­ner weigh­ing in on why … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Concussion Baseline Testing

Posted on August 16, 2011 by lratner

Recent advances in the recog­ni­tion and man­age­ment of head injuries and con­cus­sions in stu­dent ath­letes are dra­matic.  There is plenty of media cov­er­age com­mu­ni­cat­ing the impor­tance that the sci­en­tific evi­dence sup­ports in regards to the neces­sity for bet­ter screen­ing and … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Tips for Keeping Young Athletes Safe

Posted on July 10, 2011 by admin

Doctor’s OK rec­om­mended before kids start play­ing sports, expert says By Robert Preidt Health­Day — It’s impor­tant to keep injury pre­ven­tion in mind as chil­dren begin spring sports activ­i­ties, says Dr. Steven Greer, of the MCGHealth Sports Med­i­cine Cen­ter in … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Teen Athletes Should Get Concussion Test Score Before Play

Posted on July 9, 2011 by admin

Impact Urgent Care is San Antonio’s leader for treat­ment of sports-related head injuries. We are proud to be one of the few web­sites in the state that offers base­line con­cus­sion test­ing online. By Robert Preidt Indi­vid­ual con­cus­sion base­lines need to … Con­tinue read­ing →

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We are now offering Online Baseline Concussion Testing

Posted on May 8, 2011 by admin

Are your chil­dren Ath­letes? If so you may want to con­sider tak­ing this test. The ImPACT™ Sys­tem (Imme­di­ate Post-Concussion and Cog­ni­tive Test­ing) is a com­pre­hen­sive and com­put­er­ized con­cus­sion screen­ing pro­gram devel­oped at The Uni­ver­sity of Pitts­burgh Med­ical Cen­ter . It is … Con­tinue read­ing →

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Take steps to avoid soccer injuries

Posted on February 2, 2011 by admin

Source: Mysa.com This is an arti­cle from MySA.com Below are just the tips from the arti­cle the full arti­cle can be read here. Get smart: Kids can learn to avoid some dan­ger­ous sit­u­a­tions. “If I’ve got the ball and I … Con­tinue read­ing →

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