Empowerment through Medical Rehabilitation


Use Your Brain When You Play Hard

Jack Youngblood

Monday, September 17, 2012

National Rehabilitation Awareness Week

 

Jack Youngblood, author and pro football Hall of Famer, played for the Los Angeles Rams for 14 seasons. Known as the John Wayne of the NFL, he even played in Super Bowl XIV with a broken leg. No one can accuse him of not being tough enough.

 

Now dealing with his own concussion-related challenges, Youngblood serves on the National Football League Players Association Mackey-White Traumatic Brain Injury Committee.

 

In a public presentation, Mr. Youngblood will share his experiences and knowledge regarding post-concussion syndrome for all athletes.

 

At the dinner following the presentation, Mr. Youngblood will be joined by a response panel of Santa Barbara community experts who will each comment about their experiences.

"If I didn't have a concussion every football game, you weren't playing very hard."

Jack Youngblood
NFL Hall of Famer


Presentation

 

6:00 - 7:00 p.m.

$25 per person / $15 per student

Dinner and Panel

 

7:30 - 9:30 p.m.

$250 per person; includes presentation

Please consider a sponsorship!

For reservations, call (805) 569-8999, ext. 82143

or register online at jackyoungblood.eventbrite.com

 

 

 


Empowerment through Medical Rehabilitation

An Educational Series

 

Each year Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital Foundation sponsors a public presentation by exceptional people on topics concerning medical rehabilitation and its empowering effects on the lives of people with disabilities.

This is the 4th Annual Empowerment event to benefit the programs and services of Cottage Rehabilitation Hospital.

 

Past presentations have included Jill Bolte Taylor, PhD, in 2009 on stroke recovery, Hans S. Keirstead, PhD, in 2010 on stem cell therapy for spinal cord injury, and in 2011 Trisha Meili, the "Central Park Jogger," on survival and recovery following a traumatic injury.

 

 

Trisha Meili

2011 speaker

 

 

Jill Bolte Taylor

2009 speaker

 

Hans S. Keirstead
2010 speaker