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All you need to know about: concussions

In the fourth T20I between India and England on January 31, 2025, Jamie Overton’s delivery struck Shivam Dube on the helmet during the 19th over. A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury caused by a sudden hit, jolt, or impact on the head or body, leading to rapid movement of the brain inside the skull. Causes and symptoms Concussions …

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1 month, 3 weeks ago

NFL players suffered fewest concussions in a season in 2024 since league began tracking 9 years ago

Associated Press

NFL players suffered the fewest concussions in a season in 2024 since the league began tracking data nine years ago. “Now, that’s not to say there isn’t a lot more work for us to do.” The overall decrease builds on a record low in the preseason, which had the fewest number of concussions in practices and games. “We’ve spoken very …

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Rangers’ Filip Chytil and the ongoing concussion question facing NHLers: When is enough enough?

New York Times

Pat Lafontaine doesn’t remember who told him this, but it still resonates with him. “They’ve never taken no for an answer,” said Rick Nash, who retired in 2018 due to concussion impacts after a 15-year career. If I’d had my first big concussion at 19 or 21, I’d have thought about things a lot differently than I did.” Lafontaine, Nash …

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4 months, 2 weeks ago

Footy star Tom Robinson reveals the awful health battle that became so bad he was desperate NOT to be called up by the New Zealand All Blacks

Daily Mail

Every footy-mad New Zealand boy grows up wanting to be an All Black, but one Kiwi star has admitted he was terrified of being called up to play for his country due to his mental health battle. Tom Robinson was a New Zealand rugby union player who played as a flanker and lock for the Blues in Super Rugby and …

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4 months, 3 weeks ago

Repeated head trauma on the field caused crippling anxiety and memory loss for this ex-footballer

ABC

By the time Luke Ivens retired from playing Australian Rules football, he had suffered "up to 20 concussions" playing the game he loved. "I was getting a bit of those dizziness and nausea symptoms but I really thought that if I rested throughout the off-season, I'd be fine," he told ABC Science's Listen Up. "There wasn't much education or insight …

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5 months ago

Second College QB Retires From Football Due to Concussions

CNN

Michigan quarterback Jack Tuttle has retired from football due to concussions. He made the decision after deep reflection and heartfelt conversations with his family, doctors, and loved ones. Tuttle, a sixth-year senior, appeared in two games for the Wolverines this season and hopes to pursue a career in coaching after his retirement.

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5 months ago

How Tua Tagovailoa cleared the NFL concussion protocol to return to the Dolphins

New York Times

Miami Dolphins quarterback Tua Tagovailoa is expected to make his return to action Sunday against the Arizona Cardinals after missing four games due to a concussion he suffered in Week 2. Although the NFL’s concussion protocol doesn’t change based on how many concussions a player has suffered, that independent expert takes the player’s complete medical history into account. “The tests …

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5 months ago

N.C. State quarterback Grayson McCall retires from football at 23 after concussions

NPR

N.C. State quarterback Grayson McCall retires from football at 23 after concussions toggle caption Lance King/Getty Images North Carolina State quarterback Grayson McCall is retiring from football, he announced Wednesday after sustaining a head injury during a game earlier this month. McCall's October concussion was his second already this season; he had missed two September games due to an injury …

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5 months ago

New Study Suggests That Head Shakes Could Be a Sign of Concussion

CNN

A new study suggests that a quick shake of the head could be a sign of a concussion in young athletes. The researchers surveyed hundreds of young adults who had played a sport at the high school, collegiate or semiprofessional level and found that the vast majority of the individuals were familiar with the gesture and had experienced it themselves, …

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5 months ago

The Scariest Thing About Tua Tagovailoa’s Press Conference

Slate

Tua Tagovailoa is back. The Dolphins’ doctors did not diagnose him with a concussion, and the team allowed Tagovailoa to finish that game, a decision that looked farcical and led to changes in NFL policy. Tagovailoa said Monday that the Dolphins “did what was best in terms of protecting myself from myself.” It was always a reasonable inference that Tagovailoa …

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5 months, 1 week ago

Liam Williams cites ‘several concussions’ as he retires from boxing aged 32

The Independent

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5 months, 1 week ago

After ‘a series of concussions,’ USC linebacker Eric Gentry to miss rest of season

LA Times

USC linebacker Eric Gentry says he has suffered multiple concussions this season and decided to redshirt. Finally matched with a scheme that fit him and a staff that understood his unusual skillset, Eric Gentry seemed primed for a breakout season on USC’s new-look defense. The decision to sit out, Gentry said on social media, “breaks my heart.” “This decision has …

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5 months, 3 weeks ago

NFL reveals stance on Tua Tagovailoa with Dolphins QB set to return this season - despite facing calls to retire after concussion

Daily Mail

The NFL has confirmed it will not play any role in deciding when - or if - Tua Tagovailoa returns to the field following his latest concussion. The league's chief medical officer, Dr. Allen Sills, revealed on Friday that the quarterback is 'seeing top experts' during his recovery. Dolphins star Tua Tagovailoa recently suffered a concussion - the third known …

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6 months ago

Brett Favre Called Concussions A Major NFL 'Taboo' Before Revealing Parkinson's Diagnosis

Huff Post

LOADING ERROR LOADING Before Brett Favre revealed his Parkinson’s diagnosis, the NFL alum explained why he thinks ‘concussion’ is still a dirty word in the world of football. The quarterback told Fisher, herself a survivor of TBI, that he would be “shocked” to hear about players even discussing concussions privately, let alone the “repercussions that they may have on their …

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6 months, 2 weeks ago

Tua Tagovailoa is dealing with another concussion. What we know and what happens next

Associated Press

MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. — Tua Tagovailoa is now dealing with the third diagnosed concussion of his NFL career, all of them coming in the last 24 months. Former linebacker Manti Te’o, who has known Tagovailoa for years and calls him his “little brother,” said he hoped to see him leave the game after the concussion at Cincinnati in 2022. “After …

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6 months, 4 weeks ago

The NFL embraced soft-shell helmet covers to protect players from concussions. Here’s what the science says about them

CNN

The sound of football helmets colliding on the field is an audible sign that fall is just around the corner. Dr. David Camarillo, an associate professor of bioengineering at Stanford University and a former college football player who has tested the Guardian Caps, said he doesn’t think the evidence is so clear. In a 2022 position statement, the National Athletic …

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1 year ago

Concussion treatment: the insidious myth that even doctors still believe.

Slate

The first time Conor Gormally got a concussion, he felt as if he were standing on a ship at sea. “It deforms,” said Christina Master, a pediatric sports medicine and brain injury doctor at Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia who specializes in concussions. As an analogy, Master likes to point to the soreness you might experience after a productive workout: “If …

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1 year, 1 month ago

NFL reports lower-body injuries down, concussions up in 2023 season

New York Times

During the 2023 season, the NFL saw a dramatic increase in overall player availability. “We’ve made it an offseason priority to talk with coaches, strength coaches and performance directors about trends and observations, particularly in how we bring players back,” NFL chief medical officer Dr. Allen Sills said. “I think it’s fair to say there’s an increasingly conservative nature in …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Even doctors can struggle to diagnose concussions

Hindustan Times

On June 23rd a court case brought by more than 200 rugby-union players kicked off in London. Away from professionally organised sports, where people take spills or butt heads without medical supervision, it is even harder to decide whether damage has been done. In May the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine published a new set of diagnostic criteria, under which …

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1 year, 4 months ago

Calls for more education and national database to deal with concussions in sport

ABC

A mother who was forced to say goodbye to her 20-year-old son after a fatal on-field collision during a football game is calling for better education around concussion. Key points: Antonio Loiacono died earlier this year after suffering critical injuries during a football match His mum Wendy Smith is calling for change when it comes to tracking head injuries and …

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1 year, 5 months ago

Most concussions don't happen on the sports field. Brain injury is a risk for everyone, and its effects can last months or years

ABC

One day, seven-year-old Ettie was chasing her friends around at school, playing a game they called "Monster Monster". Dr Mobbs says it's best to focus on the so-called "Big Five" signs of concussion, which can observed at the time the head or body is impacted. Deidre said Ettie complained of headache, feeling hot, tired, and like "a kid from prep …

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1 year, 7 months ago

NFL safety: How VICIS’ position-specific helmets have become all the rage

New York Times

While watching a football game in the early 2010s, Per Reinhall was struck by the sound of helmets violently clashing together. “Linear acceleration is front-back, left-right — and that doesn’t seem to cause concussions much in the NFL versus angular or rotational,” Mayer said. “It’s that twisting motion that seems to make the biggest difference.” By then, VICIS had already …

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1 year, 7 months ago

Rugby League legend Wally Lewis diagnosed with probable CTE

ABC

Wally Lewis has revealed he has been diagnosed with probable chronic traumatic encephalopathy – describing his shock after seeing scans of his brain that even made his doctor tear up. Key points: Lewis was diagnosed after concerns about recent memory loss According to Dementia Australia, CTE is a form of dementia that comes after repeated concussions or head injuries Lewis …

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1 year, 9 months ago

Can Kenny Pickett, NFL quarterbacks avoid concussions with QB-specific helmet?

New York Times

PITTSBURGH — It didn’t take much to convince Kenny Pickett, and that’s quite unusual, considering the request. Steelers QB Kenny Pickett is using a VICIS ZERO2 with an SO-212 facemask and a SportStar Victory XD chinstrap; he used a Riddell Axiom with an AXIOM-2B-SW-Ti facemask, clear visor and a Riddell hardcup chinstrap and a Riddell SpeedFlex Precision with an SF-2BD-SW …

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All you need to know about: concussions

NFL players suffered fewest concussions in a season in 2024 since league began tracking 9 years ago

Rangers’ Filip Chytil and the ongoing concussion question facing NHLers: When is enough enough?

Footy star Tom Robinson reveals the awful health battle that became so bad he was desperate NOT to be called up by the New Zealand All Blacks

Repeated head trauma on the field caused crippling anxiety and memory loss for this ex-footballer

Second College QB Retires From Football Due to Concussions

How Tua Tagovailoa cleared the NFL concussion protocol to return to the Dolphins

N.C. State quarterback Grayson McCall retires from football at 23 after concussions

New Study Suggests That Head Shakes Could Be a Sign of Concussion

The Scariest Thing About Tua Tagovailoa’s Press Conference

Liam Williams cites ‘several concussions’ as he retires from boxing aged 32

After ‘a series of concussions,’ USC linebacker Eric Gentry to miss rest of season

NFL reveals stance on Tua Tagovailoa with Dolphins QB set to return this season - despite facing calls to retire after concussion

Brett Favre Called Concussions A Major NFL 'Taboo' Before Revealing Parkinson's Diagnosis

Tua Tagovailoa is dealing with another concussion. What we know and what happens next

The NFL embraced soft-shell helmet covers to protect players from concussions. Here’s what the science says about them

Concussion treatment: the insidious myth that even doctors still believe.

NFL reports lower-body injuries down, concussions up in 2023 season

Even doctors can struggle to diagnose concussions

Calls for more education and national database to deal with concussions in sport

Most concussions don't happen on the sports field. Brain injury is a risk for everyone, and its effects can last months or years

NFL safety: How VICIS’ position-specific helmets have become all the rage

Rugby League legend Wally Lewis diagnosed with probable CTE

Can Kenny Pickett, NFL quarterbacks avoid concussions with QB-specific helmet?