“We’ve learned that keeping kids in dark rooms and eliminating all cognitive and physical activity actually worsened a lot of kids’ symptoms rather than improving them,” said Mark Halstead, MD, an associate professor of pediatrics and of orthopedic surgery and lead author of the AAP report offering updated recommendations on sports-related concussions in children and adolescents. Young athletes should stop playing immediately after a concussion is suspected, Halstead said. But light physical activity, such as brisk walking, can be incorporated as they are recovering. Similarly, academic workloads may need to be lessened after brain injury; however, such students shouldn’t need to miss prolonged periods of school or disengage in learning.
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