With Super Bowl LIX on the horizon, Mid-Atlantic Concussion (MAC) Alliance’s medical director and president, Vincent Schaller, MD, DABFM, CIC, recently penned a LinkedIn article on his thoughts about the state of concussions in the NFL, and in organized football on all levels of play. The article, “Super Bowl LIX Musing of a Concussion Doctor” Read more
12.3.24 UPDATE FROM DR. VINCENT SCHALLER: “What we saw after the brutal hit quarterback Trevor Lawrence sustained in yesterday’s Jaguars-Texans game was severe. Likely a total shut down of the cerebrum and a loss of consciousness, as indicated by the primitive brain reflexes, like the “fencing response” that was captured on video. We hope Lawrence Read more
We are at the pinnacle of football season, with the Super Bowl just a few weeks away. We’ve already seen a few head injuries nationally broadcast that left players lying on the ground in the frightening fencing pose. And you don’t have to be a football fan to have heard or seen the phrase “concussion Read more
