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Tag: Concussions
Canada's top youth hockey league taking concussions head-on
Hockey continues to evolve at rapid speed. Players are getting bigger, stronger and faster, and the quickening pace of the game means decisions have to be made in a blink of an eye. The way in which injuries are identified, diagnosed and treated is also evolving as hockey’s leaders try to keep pace with an ever-changing game. […]
Canada's top youth hockey league taking concussions head-on
Hockey continues to evolve at rapid speed. Players are getting bigger, stronger and faster, and the quickening pace of the game means decisions have to be made in a blink of an eye. The way in which injuries are identified, diagnosed and treated is also evolving as hockey’s leaders try to keep pace with an ever-changing game. […]
CFL commissioner not ready to link concussions with brain disease
First-year CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie says he needs more time to meet with experts and examine the connections between football-related concussions and degenerative brain disease. “It is a very complicated subject and, for a guy that played nine seasons in the league, it couldn’t be any more personal and any more important to anyone to […]
Alex Smith is one of the first NFL players wearing a revolutionary new helmet designed to reduce concussions
While the controversy over concussions in the NFL rages on, Kansas City Chiefs quarterback Alex Smith is one of the first players using a new helmet that is like nothing seen in the NFL before. The Chiefs took on the New England Patriots in the season opener and many people noted the new oversized helmet being worn […]
Knocking Out Concussions in Contact Sports — Your Neck Could Be the Key
The padded room already has precipitation on the walls, and we’ve barely even started yet. “Butts up!” barks Rob Waltko, a former Pennsylvania state champion wrestler at North Allegheny High School, commanding preteen wrestlers on their mats to arch their backs. The North Allegheny Junior Tigers, mostly fifth and sixth graders, push and extend until […]
The Bioengineer Trying to Predict and Prevent Concussions
Bioengineer David Camarillo has suffered his fair share of blows to the head. The worst happened two years ago while biking across a San Francisco intersection. He passed in front of a car that had slowed to a near stop. Suddenly, the car accelerated, crashing into him. Camarillo’s memory of the collision itself remains murky, […]
