By Nancy Churnin
nchurnin@dallasnews.com
12:45 PM on Wed., Mar. 2, 2011
One thing I learned from 19-year-old Natasha Helmick of Allen is that we can't rely on our kids to tell us if they're seriously injured and need to sit out. Natasha, who gave up her beloved soccer (and her Texas State University soccer scholarship) after suffering five concussions, told me she flat-out lied to her coach when he asked her if she was all right after her first concussion in eighth grade. Her head hurt, she couldn't see out of one eye, but she begged him to let her back in -- and, believing her, he did. The big problem? If you don't rest the brain properly after a concussion, your risk of getting another concussion and complications increases and you risk permanent brain injury and possibly death.Read the rest of the article here.
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