Dr. Kelli Uitenham, award-winning speech-language pathologist, founder of Brain Talk Foundation, and advocate for athlete brain health, joins The Youth Sports Parenting Tribe to share what every sports parent needs to know about concussions, traumatic brain injuries, and the long-term risks of head trauma in youth sports.
Dr. Kelli Uitenham is a nationally certified medical speech-language pathologist, Certified Brain Injury Specialist, and Assistant Clinical Professor at Northeastern University. As founder of Brain Talk Foundation, she has dedicated her career to raising awareness about concussions, TBI, and CTE in athletes — bringing that conversation into schools, athletic programs, and families nationwide.
We talk a lot about performance in youth sports. We don't talk nearly enough about what repeated head impacts can do to a developing brain. Dr. Kelli is here to change that.
In this episode, she breaks down what concussions really do to a young brain, the warning signs parents often miss, and how families can make more informed decisions about contact sports — protecting their children's future without taking away the sport they love.
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