An Akron Children’s Hospital sports medicine doctor cautions that just because football season is over for area youth, it doesn’t mean parents and coaches should be any less vigilant about concussion awareness. “Concussions are not just a boy-football issue,” said Dr. Aaron Sweeney. “Both males and females are at risk for concussions in other sports, […]
Student athletes scored valuable lessons this fall season
Dr. Joe Congeni, director of Sports Medicine at Akron Children’s, recently spoke with WAKR morning show host Ray Horner about the valuable lessons student athletes learned this fall. Below is a transcript of the discussion. Dr. Congeni: The high school fall sports season is coming to an end this week. And, over my 30 years […]
