Posts Tagged ‘football TBI’
By Paul Stone On June 6th, 2013
One of the most popular new additions to concussion guidelines may actually be putting youth athletes at risk if new research is correct. A new study has shown that kids are much more likely to suffer concussions during games than in practices, and furthermore cutting back too much on practice hitting may keep young football…
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By Paul Stone On May 14th, 2013
More and more recent research shows us that preventing concussions is simply not possible, but we can identify the situations that make brain injury more likely to have happened. Specifically, we can pinpoint just how hard of a hit is too hard. Some NFL players know this more than others. While some players still downplay…
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By Paul Stone On April 10th, 2013
“This day was long overdue,” said former Cincinnati Bengals and Philadelphia Eagles linebacker Bill Bergey. Bergey and many other former NFL players had been waiting for Tuesday to come for a long time. It marked the first day in court for the over 4,000 lawsuits related to TBI, as a federal judge listened to arguments…
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