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Northwestern star soccer player Anna Cassell talks about how concussions impacted her life.
Football helmets are the only thing protecting player’s heads from hard hits, concussions, and other head injuries during a game. It consists of a hard plastic shell with thick padding on the inside, a face mask made of one or more plastic-coated metal bars, and a chinstrap. However, when football helmets were first invented, this wasn’t the case.
Taiwan Jones, a running back for the Buffalo Bills, made sure to count all his blessings twice Sunday night after his team’s game against the Los Angeles Chargers. It was a routine special teams play and the Chargers were set
If you get your “bell rung” while playing football, athletic trainers and coaches are becoming more and more quick and efficient to diagnose a possible concussion and keep players off the field. With degenerative brain disease Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (or CTE)