Concussion Prevention and Management
Concussion Prevention: The Promising Role of Neuro-Visual Training
A neuro-visual training program helps athletes improve their peripheral vision, brain processing, and reaction time to protect them from injury.
Risks of Football
Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE): Is It Really A Football Disease?
CTE is a neurodegenerative disease associated with repetitive head trauma, but the media exaggerates its connection to football. Good science is still growing.
Concussion Prevention and Management
Concussion Prevention: The Powerful Benefits of Training Neck Strength
Neck strength is a modifiable risk factor for concussion. Therefore, training neck strength can decrease sports-related concussions.
Concussion Prevention and Management
Rule Changes in Football Have Improved Player Safety
Football is considered a dangerous sport, but rule changes have diminished injury risk. In-game and practice rule changes in football have decreased concussion rates.
Risks of Football
Sports-Related Concussion: What Happens in the Brain?
Sports-related concussion causes temporary loss in normal brain function. The primary injury leads to initial signs and symptoms. Secondary injury involves physical, biochemical, and molecular effects.
Concussion Prevention and Management
Coaching Proper Techniques in Football is Key to Concussion Prevention
Proper techniques in football helps to reduce concussion risk. Football coaches are responsible for ensuring players use proper blocking and tackling techniques.
Risks of Football
Concussion Signs and Symptoms Must Be Understood to Protect Football Players
Every concussion presents with different signs and symptoms. Awareness of all possibilities is essential for players, parents, and coaches.
Concussion Prevention and Management
Concussion Education is Powerful to Reduce Head Injury Risk in Football
Many athletes underreport concussion symptoms. Concussion education can increase reporting and prevent further injury. Education must be for players, coaches, and parents to decrease concussion risk.
Concussion Prevention and Management
Concussion Prevention in Football: The Limited Benefits of Helmets
Football helmets are meant to prevent severe head trauma like fractures. There is no evidence that helmets improve concussion prevention in football. Innovations are seeking to improve efficacy in preventing concussions.