Treatment and Returning to Activity After A Concussion

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Treatment and Returning to Activity After A Concussion

Helping Each Child Recover Based on His Individual Needs

Each concussion is unique. They do not normally need medical treatment and the symptoms and recovery time differs for each situation.

Your child’s doctor may keep your child from sports, school or other activities. Depending on how severe the concussion is, treatment may last for days, weeks or months.

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	ReturntoActivitiesGuidelines Children with a concussion or head injury should not return to sports or recreational activities in the same day or while experiencing any lingering or persisting symptoms. A child should recover and be completely symptom-free at rest and with physical exertion before returning to sports or other activities. Download our step-by-step return to school and activities guidelines. Our Sports Medicine Medical Director, David Marshall, M.D., knows that not all sports are created equal, so he created return to play guidelines unique to each of these popular sports. Baseball/Softball Basketball Football Ice Hockey Lacrosse (Boys) Lacrosse (Girls) Soccer

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Several teams at Children's work together to treat concussion patients. This multidisciplinary approach helps make our program unique. Services include:

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Our dedicated concussion nurse helps coordinate each child's care, and serves as a resource for health care professionals. Our team works with each child’s primary care doctor to develop the best possible plan of care.

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