In sports, many injuries are obvious: Broken arms come with casts, and torn ligaments come with crutches. However, others — like concussions — are harder to spot. CrashCourse, a concussion education ...
As the football season gets underway every season, two things are certain: There will be some headline-grabbing concussions, and we’ll hear the National Football League (NFL) tell us that player ...
High-profile sports like football and soccer have brought greater attention in recent years to concussions – the mildest form of traumatic brain injury. Yet people often do not realize how common ...
Last September, the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA) and the World Health Organization launched the “Suspect and Protect” concussion awareness campaign. In the past few years, ...
Virginia has just passed a law requiring school athletics programs to put student-athletes’ health first by staying up-to-date on the latest concussion science. While other states have laws about how ...
A concussion occurs when the brain impacts the inside of the skull with enough force to temporarily affect brain function. Cultura RM / Alamy Stock Photo In the 2017 season, NFL players suffered 291 ...