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6/18/2010
Jim Lewis
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Expert: Neck Strengthening Should Be Mandatory In Sports To Reduce Head Injury

According to the American Sports Education Program, 400,000 athletes across the country suffered a head injury between 2005 and 2008 and millions of people suffer a concussion each year while participating in a sport or activity. In many of these cases, coaches, players, and parents are often unsure with how to treat these concussions and head injuries. In some of these cases, players suffered debilitating and tragic traumatic brain injuries.

Now one man, Mike Gittleson, a former strength and conditioning coach for college football, believes that head injuries could be greatly reduced in high school and college sports by putting an extra emphasis on neck strengthening. Gittleson now travels the country as a consultant, getting high schools and colleges to add neck training to their practices. Most recently, Gittleson spoke at the Collegiate Strength and Conditioning Coaches annual convention. At the same time, researchers are investigating if there is indeed a significant connection between neck strength and head injuries.

Category: Brain Damage/Head Injuries

Labels: brain injury high school football head injury college football neck strength and head injuries suffered a head injury in NC traumatic brain injury north carolina


About the Editors: Shapiro, Lewis & Appleton is a law firm whose attorneys focus on injury and accident law and have experience handling traumatic brain injury and closed head injuries. In fact, our firm in 2000 helped a brain-damaged client receive what was then the largest verdict for a brain injury case in Virginia history. Then in the year 2012 our firm helped a brain injury client receive a $21 million dollar verdict.

Rick Shapiro and James Lewis have been listed among the Best Lawyers in America since 2008 and and we have been named a North Carolina "Best Law Firm" for personal injury law since 2010 by U.S. News & World Report. In addition, Rick and Jim have been listed in the National Million Dollar Advocates Forum since 2009 and our firm has the highest rating of AV from national lawyer ranking organization Martindale-Hubbell. That means we have a reputation for demonstrating preeminent legal skill.
We serve every area of North Carolina, including the Outer Banks, Nags Head and the western mountains, as well as all the cities and counties in between. In South Carolina, we cover the state from Myrtle Beach and Charleston to Orangeburg, Columbia, Florence, Rock Hill, Darlington, Aiken, Anderson, Greenville and Spartanburg. While not every injury case meets our criteria, we offer a free initial confidential injury case consultation, so call us toll-free at (800) 752-0042. If you cannot get through due to high call volume, please leave a voicemail so we can return your call promptly.
 
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