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Progress. Symptoms. Call me crazy, but I don't see those words as compatible when it comes to Sidney Crosby's concussion recovery.
Yet, there they were again, in an email response I received from Crosby's agent, Pat Brisson, on Wednesday. The question seemed simple enough: What are the symptoms Crosby has been experiencing this summer?
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PITTSBURGH - The Sidney Crosby Watch, nearing its ninth month, continues in earnest in the Steel City.
The former MVP's every word on his health as he continues the slow recovery from concussion-like symptoms is parsed and dissected within an inch of its life. Every incremental step in the recovery process is met with what could best be described as giddy anxiousness.
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...(2003). Does age play a role in recovery from sports-related concussion? A comparison of hi...
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Sidney Crosby on Wednesday will hold his first news conference in months, primarily to update his ongoing recovery from a concussion. No major announcement regarding a change in his status is expected, according to multiple team and industry sources.
Dates for a return to contact activity have not been set by Crosby or his doctors, the sources said. The Penguins hold their first training camp practices Sept. 17 and open the regular season Oct. 6 at Vancouver.
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School officials are cracking down on head injuries this school year.
Under a new concussion management program implemented division- wide, most student athletes are being screened for head injuries. Following a concussion, students will be required to pass a series of recovery benchmarks before they are cleared to play.
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Sidney Crosby on Wednesday will hold his first news conference in months, primarily to update his ongoing recovery from a concussion. No major announcement regarding a change in his status is expected, according to multiple team and industry sources.
Dates for a return to contact activity have not been set by Crosby or his doctors, the sources said. The Penguins hold their first training camp practices Sept. 17 and open the regular season Oct. 6 at Vancouver.
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The experience of suffering a concussion varies from hockey player to player and by the severity of the blow.
Some are knocked unconscious, usually resulting in a longer recovery time, while others chalk up a simple concussion to one of many hard hits sustained over the course of a college game. Many play on after "getting their bell rung," especially with no symptoms apparent.
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PHILADELPHIA - Making his season's debut in the Winter Classic was never Marc Staal's specific target. In fact, the All-Star defenseman would have bet against it.
When I saw [Dr. Robert] Cantu after a month of being shut down, he said the earliest I could come back was the new year," Staal said of the Boston-based specialist who has overseen his recovery from post-concussion symptoms. "I was very wary about it. I never considered that I would play in it.
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Ron Artest has been cleared to participate in a full-contact practice today, Lakers coach Phil Jackson said Sunday.
Artest has made significant progress in his recovery from a concussion suffered Christmas night but hasn't been cleared to play yet. He sat out for the fifth consecutive game Sunday.
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BLOOMINGTON - Much to his dismay, Travis Rosenkranz is learning a concussion steadfastly refuses to be rushed.
The Illinois Wesleyan senior point guard is still very much in the recovery process from a severe concussion suffered on Feb. 12 and will not play in the Titans' NCAA Division III Tournament game Friday against Wisconsin-River Falls in St. Paul, Minn.