Showing posts with label concussions. Show all posts
Showing posts with label concussions. Show all posts

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

NFL concussions up 21 percent from 2009

More concussions are being reported this year and the NFL doctor is happy about it.

He says "Playing through pain is good: But that's leg pain. That's arm pain. Not brain injury."

Source:
http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=5914797

Monday, November 29, 2010

NFL Players Will Start Wearing ImpactSensors Next Fall

The co-chair of an NFL committee on brain and spine injuries says players will soon be wearing impact-sensors--which will provide hard data on precisely how head-crushing a hit a player has just experienced.

The objective is to help stem the massive outbreak of concussions. But it seems like it's likely to have an opposite effect.

Source:
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/11/nfl_players_will_start_wearing.php