Monday, June 7 2010: Golf Tournament | Deer Creek Golf and Banquet, Ajax | REGISTER
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Spinal Cord Injuries Declining Due to the financial support of the Fund and the efforts of others toward prevention, statistics now show that the incidence of broken necks in Canadian hockey is on the decline. 65 hockey players in Canada have suffered broken necks confining them to lives in wheel chairs. The number peaked to four per year in the 1980's, dropped to 2 per year in the 1990's, and now averages one per year, still too many. Concussion Prevention Several well-known professionals and many amateur athletes have suffered
career ending concussions. In conjunction with the Canadian Hockey Association,
the Fund has initiated a nationwide Concussion Awareness, Prevention and
Management Program. This has included providing over 400,000 informational
brochures to associations, coaches, trainers and players. A laminated
concussion awareness card is being given to all attendees at the Canadian
Hockey Safety Program and to attendees at the 2002-2003 Hockey Trainers
Certification Program. A new video, SMART HOCKEY, MORE SAFETY, MORE FUN!, has been produced
by Think First Foundation of Canada, with some support from the Dr. Tom
Pashby Sports Safety Fund. This video focuses primarily on Smart Hockey
Tips showing how to avoid getting or causing head and spinal cord injuries.
Appearing in the video are current and former NHL hockey stars including
Mats Sundin, Mark Messier, amd Key Dryden. Following airing on TSN, more
than 30,000 copies have now been made available through the Canadian Hockey
Association to coaches, trainers and players and through Think
First Foundation of Canada. |
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