May 21 2011 Advocates for Injured Athletes partners with Children's Hospital and the American Red Cross for Sports Injury Clinic

Athletes Saving Athletes film in progress. Advocates for Injured Athletes teaching athletes how to stay safe

Advocates for Injured Athletes receives State of California Service Award

Concussion seminar a success

http://encinitas.patch.com/articles/concussion-clinic-provides-heads-up-for-student-athletes

Concussion Seminar Tonight

AIA Update

Thank you to all that continue to check in on Tommy and Advocates for Injured Athletes. We have been extremely busy this past year. Tommy is doing great! He is in his third semester at USD and enjoying every minute. He continues to stay actively involved with building Advocates for Injured Athletes. He will be live on the air Superbowl Sunday at 8:40 a.m. Channel 6 . The topic is concussion education and awareness. He will be encouraging folks to attend our concussion seminar Monday February 7th at Santa Fe Christian School in Solana Beach, CA 6p.m to 8p.m . Advocates for Injured Athletes has partnered with Scripps Hospital to create a very informative program. The event is free and open to the public.

The last year has been extremely busy for AIA. We received our tax exempt status in October and we are on our way to building a very successful foundation focused on keeping athletes safe while playing hard. We have held several concussion seminars, helped organizations develop emergency action safety plans and testified both in Sacramento, CA and Washington D.C about the importance of having Certified Athletic Trainers on all athletic fields.

We are now focused on awarding our first ATC grant. The grant application will be loaded to our website soon. In addition we are creating our Athletes Saving Athletes program. We hope to launch the program in August 2011. Athletes Helping Athletes Recover is also in the works....

We have created wallet sized concussion cards for the athlete . You can view the cards on the donate page of the website. In addition we created a Advocates for Injured Athletes Facebook page.

Please keep in touch with us and THANK YOU for all your support. We are working hard to help protect athletes from catastrophic injuries ...just as Tommy was protected by Riki !

Player safety and concussion awareness campaigns underway. With the fall youth sports season underway across the country, three organizations recently announced national campaigns to emphasize player safety and concussion awareness. USA Football, the sport’s national governing body on youth and amateur levels, is conducting a national campaign through Nov. 29 titled “Put Pride Aside for Player Safety.” Promoted in partnership with the 32 NFL clubs, the NFL and the Atlantic Coast Conference, “Put Pride Aside for Player Safety” challenges and instructs coaches, parents and youth players to make the right decision when a concussion is suspected. Key components of USA Football’s campaign include player safety videos on equipment, tackling technique and concussion management, television and radio public service announcements, and internet banner advertising. USA Football’s web site (www.usafootball.com) contains extensive player health and safety information.The National Athletic Trainers’ Association (NATA) and National Academy of Neuropsychology Foundation (NAN) joined forces on a campaign to educate the public, athletes, health professionals, coaches, parents, administrators and others about concussions. A 12-minute educational video titled “Concussions in Football: Signs, Symptoms and Playing Safe” is the focal point of the NAN and NATA effort and is available nationally. The video, funded in part by the NFL, is narrated by Pro Football Hall of Fame quarterback Steve Young and includes comments from Pittsburgh Steelers safety Ryan Clark and retired quarterback Trent Green.The video is available as a free online download on www.nanonline.org and www.nata.org/health-issues/concussion.

USA Football: It's more than a game
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USA Football is an independent non-profit organization whose purpose is to galvanize, support and promote the sport at all levels of amateur football.
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