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Concussion Care for Young Athletes Why do patients from across the country turn to us for concussion care? Because we have the most experienced concussion team in the nation. No one can see a concussion. And no one has more experience assessing, managing, and rehabilitating them than we do. As an international leader in the field, the UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program’s team of experts is the most comprehensive in the region. We’ve set the standards of care for more than a decade and are dedicated to providing personalized treatment plans for athletes of all ages. Because a concussion is treatable, if you treat it right. To learn more, visit UPMC.com/Concussion. About 1 in 10 young athletes who participate in contact sports will experience a concussion, or about 6 to 10 percent. This translates to 1.8 to 3.6 million concussions suffered by young sports players per year in the United States. Affiliated with the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, UPMC i