Health & Safety

Committee members to make final edits at ASTM meeting Thursday.

Declining participation in some youth sports has doctors concerned. Is the risk to kids from inactivity greater than the harm of a potential concussion? Many say yes.

How can lacrosse become a safer game and remain popular without losing its identity? It starts with how youth lacrosse is taught.

Dr. Margot Putukian and Dr. Ruben Echemedia of the US Lacrosse Sports Science and Safety Committee provide insight into concussions

Understanding the knee's complex biomechanics, and how to get ahead of lacrosse's ACL problem

US Lacrosse supports the findings and recommendations of the report on youth concussions and reaffirms its commitment to reducing the risk of injury at all levels of the sport.

National governing body uniting with partners to enhance youth safety efforts.

Two weeks ago, I attended a symposium on concussions in Indianapolis hosted by the American College of Sports Medicine. Dr. Margot Putukian, the Director of Athletic Medicine at Princeton and the chair of the US Lacrosse Sports Science & Safety Committee, joined me there. The event featured the leaders of a number of sports governing bodies, as well as representatives from the NCAA, NFHS and NFL.