In my opinion, the primary issue with parents and athletes understanding the risks and dangers of contact sports goes to the mislabeling of those risks and outcomes by scientists, researchers, sports leagues and medical authorities. That that has been creating...
Well, I guess it had to end someday….I have decided, after my last injury, to hang up my rugby boots…and it hurts…in more ways than one. See I love rugby, have loved it ever since I got pulled out of a gym when I was approached by this guy in short shorts while I was...
As I learn to twit [tweet] and observe a lot of commentary on social media, I am still amazed at the lack of knowledge regarding subconcussions, contact sports and the links to mental illness. It is crazy to me that the people I follow, PHd’s, PAs, ATs, researchers,...
A few weeks ago, I was honored to take a tour of the Boston University Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy brain bank hosted by the Concussion Legacy Foundation (CLF)and Dr. Ann McKee. It was amazing to see the facilities that these dedicated researchers work from to...
The term CTE or Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is a well-known term used to describe a condition found in people whose brains have been exposed to severe concussive and subconcussive trauma for years. Those brains, damaged by the trauma, are found to have high...
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