Ray Ciancaglini “Keeps on Punching”
Ray Ciancaglini is a wonderful friend to us here at NeuroNotes. Ray is a tireless advocate for concussions awareness and prevention of The Second Impact Syndrome. A retired boxer living…
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Football Player’s “Silent Struggle” ends in suicide
In December 2015, Zac Easter shot himself ending what he called his “Silent Struggle” from the effects of multiple concussions he sustained from football. A month earlier, Zac had planned to end his life either by his own hand or suicide-by-cop, but was stopped and hospitalized. The reality was that Zac had tired of watching himself deteriorate and he knew that the cause of his problems was CTE or Chronic Trauma Encephalopathy.
ReadLosing Oneself in Brain Injury and a Life beyond Depression
Over the last few years, I have been writing and presenting on the topic of Loss of Self. My awareness of the role of loss has grown from my work…
ReadDouble Your Trouble By Playing with a Concussion
Athletes who get back into the game after experiencing a concussion take twice as long to recover as athletes who are removed from the game and wait to be evaluated…
ReadWitnessing the end of football
In the Op Ed section of the New York Times of Friday, February 5, 2016 Dr. George D. Lundberg, MD, a pathologist raised the question about the end of football…
ReadPart 3 of Our Interview with Ray Ciancaglini: How Can We Prevent Brain Injuries in Sports?
In the conclusion to our interview with Ray Ciancaglini, we discussed how to prevent brain injury in sports. Ray also reveals some interesting communication he had with Sony about the…
ReadApple Pie or Violence: Which is the American Tradition? Part Two of Our Interview with Ray Ciancaglini
In Part Two of our conversation with Ray Ciancaglini, we explore the connection between violence and brain injury in sports. Sports related concussion is an ongoing theme here on NeuroNotes. We…
ReadA champ speaks candidly about sports, violence and injury
MJ Clausen and I interviewed Ray Ciancaglini on November 20, 2015. Our interview with Ray focused on sports and concussions in both boxing and football. Specifically, we spoke about the…
ReadDr. Bennet Omalu identifies CTE
The movie “Concussion” is set to open in a few days and, with the opening, the discussions around the effects of multiple concussions and sub-concussive hits are expected to increase. …
ReadA Class in Concussions: Does boxing make better soldiers?
The U.S. Military Academy at West Point, The Naval Academy in Annapolis and the Air Force Academy still require a class in boxing which in some cases is “a class…
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