Millions of kids in the US will suffer a concussion during childhood, according to a . Concussions are brain injuries that cause headaches and dizziness and nausea. And it can take weeks to fully recover.
In recent years doctors have changed the way they treat them. Instead of avoiding activity, doctors now recommend light physical activity while a child recovers from a concussion.
is a pediatric sports medicine physician at the Sports Medicine Center, and co-director of the at Children鈥檚 Hospital Colorado. She says doctors and school nurses in Colorado have kept up with the new guidance 鈥� and the state Department of Education formally adopted those recently. But Wilson says some parents and caregivers haven鈥檛 gotten the message.
Host Erin O鈥橳oole talked with Wilson about why she鈥檚 made it her mission to educate the public to think differently about kids and concussions.
