Following up yesterday’s post on the increase in concussions seen at hospital emergency rooms, new initiatives to educate the high school sports community about concussions have been adopted. Beginning in the fall of 2010, all Rhode Island high school coaches head coaches, assistants and volunteers must take a free 20-minute online course on…
Continue readingYouth sports build strong bodies, teach “team work” and help stem the trend toward obesity that has the attention of America’s health care providers. However, there are statistics demonstrating emergency Room visit s for teenagers are tripling over a 10 year period. Sports Medicine researchers are concerned that “bigger, stronger and faster” may not be…
Continue readingLaurie Corkey sent me the following information, following up yesterday’s sad post: “My dearest, beloved Jack died suddenly on Sunday. I found him when I came home from church. He had his running suit on, ipod in his ear, and someone has confirmed that they saw him running that morning. If it was a normal…
Continue readingCyclists, Runners, Walkers and Skaters all have stopped at Herndon’s Great Harvest Bread for the free slices, the warm, wonderful aromas and Jack Corkey’s smile. He was a “darned good” friend to everyone who used the W&OD Trail and visited Herndon, Virginia. The web site is titled “Darned Good Bread,” a fitting appellation. The bakery…
Continue readingGolfers shout “fore” when someone is in sight, in order to give warning that they are about to tee off. The Consumer Product Safety Commission (“CPSC”) and Club Car, LLC of Augusta, Georgia have called “Fore” to consumers and agreed to a safety recall of potentially dangerous carts. The product safety recall of about 5,000…
Continue readingToday’s “all comers” indoor track meet at the Prince Georges Sports & Learning Complex (PGS&LC) was an opportunity to watch runners, throwers and jumpers of all ages test themselves in a wonderful, WARM facility next to FedEx Field, in Landover, Maryland. While lacking banked turns, the 6-lane wide, 200 meter, 8-lap to the mile track…
Continue readingWhile I can appreciate the feeling of freedom biking without a helmet, the statistics suggest that fatal bike crashes can be reduced if all bikers wore helmets or universal motorcycle helmet laws were in place. A national law that if you are riding a motorcycle you must wear a helmet could potentially save hundreds of…
Continue readingA bicycle rider was severely injured in an accident on a rainy day in California. A car pulling into a parking lot was struck broadside by the Los Angeles bicyclist. The police charged the cyclist because: the bike rider was not riding in the marked bike lane the bike rider was riding on the sidewalk…
Continue readingSometimes, even when a lawsuit is filed, not all the facts and circumstance of a bike crash are known. A wrongful death lawsuit has been filed over an experienced cyclist’s death after a collision with a trucker who was involved in two prior fatal crashes. The mystery is what actually occurred to cause this cycling…
Continue readingAt least at the start of the race when the canon fires. That was Herndon injury lawyer Doug Landau’s experience when he ran the New York City Marathon. He and his brother both ran on other people’s sweat clothes, gloves, hats, mittens and other garments for what seemed like the first mile ! This surreal…
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