How Concussions Affect Sports Kids’ Brains, Bodies and Families

When sports kids experience concussions, they don’t just affect kids’ brains, they affect their bodies and even their families, said Robert Baric, a chiropractor and member of the Brain Injury Association of North Carolina.

A concussion can change kids’ heart output, sleep and hormonal balance, for example. And it can affect the family, or, as Baric says, create a “traumatic family injury.”Parents may have to take time off work to care for the child or teen who experienced the concussion. Other children in the family don’t get as much attention while the parents are focused on helping heal the brain injury.

He describes the effect of concussions on young athletes’ confidence and explains what parents should do when their young athletes have concussions.

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Robert Baric is CEO of MyConcussionDr

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