KELSEYVILLE, Calif. – Congressman Mike Thompson (CA-05) will host a community discussion on concussion identification and prevention on Wednesday, Aug. 6.
The event will take place from 5 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Kelseyville High School Student Center, 5480 Main St.
More than 3.8 million sports and recreation-related concussions occur in the U.S. each year. Concussions and head injuries are happening with greater frequency across all sports.
At this meeting, athletes, parents and coaches will have the opportunity to speak with experts about how to recognize a possible concussion, how to prevent serious head injuries and how to respond to head injuries when they occur.
Speaking at the event will be former San Francisco 49ers football player; Dr. Robert Nied, a sports medicine specialist with Kaiser Permanente; and Nauto Horiquchi, head athletic trainer at the Mendocino College campuses in Lakeport and Ukiah.
Thompson represents California’s 5th Congressional District, which includes all or part of Contra Costa, Lake, Napa, Solano and Sonoma counties.