Concussion

Sports Injuries

A baseball hit directly to the face carries high injury risk because the ball is hard, dense, and can travel at varying speeds depending on pitch type or batted contact. Common...

sports-medicine

This article explains what typically happens when a baseball player hits their face, the most common injuries involved, and the standard on-field response and sideline protocol....

sports-health

USA hockey injuries are a common concern for players, parents, and coaches at all levels of the sport. Understanding the typical injury profiles, recovery timelines, and prevent...

sports-health

Contact between a player’s head and the backboard is a high-visibility event in basketball that always draws attention because of the apparent danger. In practice and games, t...

Biography

Kirk Herbstreit uses a service dog to mitigate the effects of post-concussion symptoms and autonomic dysfunction related to his history of concussions. Service dogs can perform...

hockey

Mike Comrie is a Canadian former professional ice hockey centre known for power‑offensive ability and size. Drafted in the first round of the 1999 NHL Entry Draft, he played 1...

health-wellness

Motor neurone disease (MND) affects rugby players in the same way it affects other adults: it damages the nerves that control movement, speaking, and breathing. There is no conf...

medical

Decorticate posturing is a stereotypic posture indicating significant brain injury, characterized by flexion of the arms with wrists and fingers bent on the chest, and extension...

sports-health

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive neurodegenerative condition associated with repetitive head impacts. It can only be confirmed after death through brain e...

medical-explainer

Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) discovery refers to the process of identifying and diagnosing CTE, a neurodegenerative condition associated with repeated head impacts. Be...