Use tests to ensure athletes' brains adequately healed

JOHNS CREEK, Ga.—Research from the University of Pittsburgh has revamped concussion policies at Johns Creek High School and Chattahoochee High School.

In the past, a player afflicted with a concussion would typically sit out a week if it was their first concussion, then two weeks for their second concussion and two to three weeks for their third, said Dr. Mathew Pombo, team physician for the two schools. People were not aware the effects of a concussion could last four to six weeks, if not longer.

Gwinnett Medical Center will offer a one-day clinic on injury prevention in youth baseball on Saturday, Jan. 15, 2011, from 8:15 a.m. – 3 p.m. at Coolray Field. Presenters include T.

It’s a blustery, cold Monday in Atlanta, and do you know where your favorite jack-of-all pitching trades is, four months into his rehab from “Tommy John” surgery?

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