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For those looking to cash in on this concussion issue with innovative ideas and products, you should not miss this opportunity; GE the NFL are teaming up to accelerate concussion research, diagnosis and treatment. The Head Heal...
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Nick Mercer: Why we continue to see players play

Nick submitted this article prior to the Bryce Harper wall escapade but it would certainly fall into this opinion piece. While I didn’t intend to write a post about brain injury in sport, I was inspired to write it based on s...
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Nick Mercer: Spring’s on the way. Get moving

A while back I saw that Chris Nowinski tweeted this, study by researchers at the University of Buffalo about the benefits of exercise for people who’ve had a concussion, and I thought I’d post now. I was constantly told th...
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Ohio’s New Concussion Law FAQ’s

I was forwarded an information sheet on the newly enacted Ohio Return to Play Law.  It appears as a Frequently Asked Questions form, here are some highlights; Guidelines for both interscholastic and youth sports Who can clear ...
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Series from the Pittsburgh Post Gazette on CTE

Mark Roth of the Pittsburgh Post-Gaette put together an informational series on chronic traumatic encephalopathy; “a brain disease that afflicts athletes”. In the first part that came out this past Sunday, Roth took a look ...
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HS Class Uses Blog to Educate

One of the more gratifying things about this blog is the chance to educate anyone about concussions and the athletic training profession.  I truly enjoy going out to speak and even debate this hot topic.  I understand that my...
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Bennet Omalu Recent Talk

For a long time the “father” of CTE, the first pathologist to find/identify the disease in an American football player, Bennet Omalu has been relatively quiet; going about his normal business and continuing his work with CT...
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IHSA Proposed Heat Acclimatization Policy

There was big news out of Bloomington, Illinois coming and I was getting fired up because the word on the street was they had been working with the Kory Stinger Institute and Sports Legacy Institute to create a new “football...
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