California School Sports Safety & Brain Injuries: New Standards for Metal Bats

The debate over metal baseball bats, which we discussed in a blog post in April, has brought about a response in the state of California:  although metal bats have not been banned, new safety standards have been set for all bats, according to the San Francisco Chronicle.  When 16-year-old pitcher Gunnar Sandberg suffered a life-threatening [...]

August 25, 2010  Tags: , , , , , ,   Posted in: Children & TBI, Sports & TBI  No Comments

Types of Traumatic Brain Injury in Los Angeles & Other Parts of California

Although many believe that traumatic brain injury describes a specific type of injury to the brain that is similar among all accident victims who suffer brain damage, the reality is that many types of traumatic brain injury exist.  While all California traumatic brain injuries occur as the result of some form of sudden trauma or [...]

June 24, 2010  Tags: , , , , ,   Posted in: Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury, Types of Brain Injury  No Comments

Little League Player Suffers Traumatic Brain Injury After Struck by Line Drive

Little League might bear the name “little,” but it isn’t exempt from “big” injuries.  The family of twelve-year-old Aaron Fox understands the paradox of serious injuries in children’s sports all too well:  the young Florence, Cincinnati, ball player suffered a traumatic brain injury when he was struck in the skull by a line drive at [...]

April 27, 2010  Tags: , , , , , , ,   Posted in: Children & TBI, Incidents of Traumatic Brain Injury, Sports & TBI  No Comments