In March, Rugby Ontario and Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital’s concussion centre launched a collaboration to improve the safety of the game and enhance concussion education across players, parents, coaches, and officials.
Through this collaboration, Holland Bloorview’s concussion centre will provide evidence-based education to the Ontario rugby community province-wide, including 10,000 players, 400 coaches, and 200 officials. This strategy is designed to improve player safety through an integrated program which includes workshops on concussion education and management to drive awareness of the injury and empower athletes to take a prominent role in their health.
CONCUSSION HANDBOOK
One tool which Holland Bloorview's concussion centre offers is a Concussion Handbook for parents and kids. You can download the handbook HERE.
Informed by experts in youth concussion from the Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital Concussion Centre, the Concussion handbook is designed to help with your concussion management and recovery.
Whether you’re a kid or teenager who recently suffered a concussion, or a parent of someone dealing with concussion, the management techniques laid out in this concussion handbook can help to speed up the path to recovery.
Recovery times from concussion can vary from days to weeks to months, and while some of that is based on the injury itself, you can also help improve your recovery time by resting your brain and body. You can also accidentally prolong your recovery by doing too much too soon, suffering repeated concussions, or if you have other complicating factors such as: ADHD, learning disabilities, headaches, sleep or emotional problems.
ABOUT RUGBY ONTARIO
Rugby Ontario is the provincial sports governing body responsible for the organization of rugby in Ontario. Our mission is to establish a stronger identity for rugby in Ontario by promoting the sport’s core values and by fostering a culture of inclusiveness and excellence on and off the field of play.
To learn more, visit https://www.rugbyontario.com/
ABOUT HOLLAND BLOORVIEW KIDS REHABILITATION HOSPITAL
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital is Canada's largest children's rehabilitation hospital, fully affiliated with the University of Toronto. We pioneer treatments, technologies,therapies and real-world programs that give children with disabilities the tools to participate fully in life. Holland Bloorview’s concussion centre is one of the first in the world dedicated exclusively to pediatric concussion. The centre includes clinicians specifically trained in pediatric brain injury and researchers who are leading experts in the field of youth concussion care,research, and education. It is focused on getting kids back to doing what they need, want and love to do after sustaining a concussion.
For more information, visit www.hollandbloorview.ca
WANT MORE INFORMATION?
Kevin Baxter
Communications Coordinator
Rugby Ontario
Michelle Stegnar
Manager, Research Communications and Media Relations
Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
416-425-6220 x.3497
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