National Athletic Trainers Association Video - "Heads Up"
This video aims to help football players, coaches, and fans understand the importance of using correct tackling techniques and illustrates the potentially catastrophic consequences of tackling incorrectly. It is located on the Michigan High School Athletic Association web site.
Shoot For A Cure
The Shoot For A Cure campaign seeks to raise funds for spinal cord research, to raise awareness of spinal cord injuries in hockey and to promote prevention of hockey-related spinal cord injuries through the Play it Cool ™ prevention program.
Living Heart Foundation
The Living Heart Foundation is a multi-institutional, IRB approved organization dedicated to CV health screening, database creation, outcomes reporting and wellness program development. The Foundation has a program for NFL players.
Center for the Study of Retired Athletes
Located at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, the Center studies the spectrum of physical and mental challenges faced by retired athletes. The Center collects epidemiological data on retired professional athletes and seeks to provide medical care for select retirees in a research setting with the goal of improving the quality of life for retired athletes and prepare active athletes for a healthier retirement.
Retired Boxers Foundation
Founded by former professional boxer Alex Ramos, the Retired Boxers Foundation aims to assist retired professional boxers, especially those suffering from dementia pugilistica or "punch-drunk" syndrome, alcohol and substance abuse problems, and homelessness, through its specific programs.
The Ralph Wenzel Trust
Ralph Wenzel played five seasons in the NFL as a lineman as both a Pittsburgh Steeler and San Diego Charger, and then went on to coach football at the high school and college level. Like many of his former NFL colleagues, Ralph suffers from early-onset dementia, creating significant health care costs and care issues. To assist Ralph and others in his situation, three of Ralph’s former players created the Ralph Wenzel Trust to assist in funding his care.
Brain Injury Association of America
The Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) is a national organization serving and representing individuals, families and professionals affected by traumatic brain injury (TBI). The BIAA provides information, education and support to the 5.3 million Americans currently living with traumatic brain injury and their families. See also Brain Injury Association of Massachusetts.
American Association of Neuropathologists
The American Association of Neuropathologists, Inc. (AANP) is a professional and educational organization representing American neuropathologists. Its purpose is to advance the science and practice of neuropathology.
National Center for Injury Prevention and Control, CDC
This site features a link to Heads Up: Concussion in Youth Sports, the CDCs youth sports tool kit, which “teaches coaches, athletes, and parents to play it safe when it comes to concussions.”
National Association of Sports and Physical Education
NASPE seeks to enhance knowledge, improve professional practice, and increase support for high quality physical education, sport, and physical activity programs through research, development of standards, and dissemination of information.
National Collegiate Athletic Association Injury Surveillance System
The NCAA Injury Surveillance System (ISS) seeks to provide current and reliable data on injury trends in intercollegiate athletics. Reviewed by the NCAA Sport Rules Committees and by the NCAA Committee on Competitive Safeguards and Medical Aspects of Sports, the goal is to reduce injury rates through suggested changes in rules, protective equipment or coaching techniques.
National Athletic Trainers Association
The professional membership association for certified athletic trainers and others who support the athletic training profession, NATA’s mission is to improve the quality of health care provided by certified athletic trainers and to advance the athletic training profession.
American College of Sports Medicine
American College of Sports Medicine works to advance health through science, education, and medicine. The largest sports medicine and exercise science organization in the world, ACSM works in a wide range of medical specialties, allied health professions, and scientific disciplines, aimed at the diagnosis, treatment, and prevention of sports-related injuries and the advancement of the science of exercise.
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