As of 2014, NASCAR racing was the most popular spectator sport in America and, some even say, the world. These drivers face constant danger – a fact that the sport’s safety policy makers address with special racing suits, carbon fire seating, reinforced roll cages (special interior frames that help prevent injury) and, also as of Read more
A recent Wall Street Journal article discussed findings of a 2015 football player student who died from Second Impact Syndrome, a rare condition that occurs when an individual suffers a second concussion before healing from a concussion. This is an avoidable tragedy we never want to see repeated! We’d like to note that the unfortunate Read more
A Yale research study published in the Journal of Clinical Neuroscience ponders if Henry VIII could have suffered from an NFL player-type concussion. The article brings back memories of the Showtime drama “The Tutors” a few years back (yes, I admit I watch television—I tried to convince my wife I was bulking up on European Read more
I was happy to read about a $30 million study launched by the NCAA (BizJournals.com, Temple, Penn Join $30M Concussion Study). There are injuries in nearly all college athletic programs, and not just the well-known contact sports like football, rugby, lacrosse and ice hockey. In our MAC Concussion Clinic we also regularly see injuries in soccer Read more
