Interestingly, this week I attended a sport and concussion lecture where both the doctor who was giving the lecture and one of the attendees both had daughters who were soccer goalies. Both had had problems with repeat concussions, from getting kicked in the head. Not attending such lecture, but perhaps..
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A year ago, Natasha Richardson reminded all of us that sport concussions happen in sports other than football and that average people can suffer, not just famous athletes. With the Winter Games approaching it will be world class athletes who may stir up the conversation again, but in a newer..
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It is nothing new but a recent journal article argues that skiing and snowboarding enthusiasts should be wearing a helmet along with the rest of their gear, according to the Canadian Medical Association Journal. The study found that helmets decrease the risk of head injury for skiers and snowboarders by..
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A member of the House Judiciary Committee Monday blasted the Southeastern Conference and the Big 12 over their policies regarding student athletes and concussions, according to the Associated Press. http://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/02/sports/football/02concussions.html Rep. Steve Cohen, D-Tenn., levied the criticism during a hearing in Houston on head injuries and college football. Specifically, Cohen..
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CTE Autopsy Studies May be Key to Long Term Understanding of Brain Injury More than a dozen present and former NFL players have pledged to donate their brains for research on concussion, the Associated Press reported Monday. http://www.latimes.com/sports/football/nfl/wire/sns-ap-fbn-nfl-concussions-players-brains,0,1348935.story The players, who include Hall of Fame member Mike Haynes and Chicago..
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Some people, including officials for the sport, think that NASCAR needs energizing. That’s why the organization plans to loosen up some of its rules so that the races become more of “a contact sport” (we guess like football) this year, NASCAR chairman Brian France said recently. “We’re going to open..
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The committee formed by the NFL Player’s Association to tackle, so to speak, the issue of brain injuries and professional football has its first meeting this week in Palm Beach, Fla. http://www.google.com/hostednews/canadianpress/article/ALeqM5hN5mqFoFXXSvkaDO9Nec2JaZ1GKQ The Mackey-White Traumatic Brain Injury Committee was named after two Hall of Fame players: John Mackey, who has..
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I began my treatment of the Congressional hearings on the long term brain damage of concussion in the NFL yesterday at my Brain Injury Lawyer Blog – http://www.waiting.com/blog/2010/01/nfl-concussion-hearings-in-congress.html I will continue that discussion on this blog for the next several blogs, as I tackled an even more important topic at..
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On previous blogs, I have talked about how the survivor of an on the ground air crash is exposed to significant concussional forces. The reason is that the extreme speed of a jet as it lands can create siginificant acceleration/deceleration forces. Unlike a modern car, it does not have a..
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As I have been discussing for much of the last month on this blog, amnesia and confusion are not the same thing. An example more vivid than even a football quarterback was the concussion Conan O’Brien suffered on camera on his show last week. See for one of the multitude..
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