Jim Nantz on Concussions

[sbark]

.......... CBS's Jim Nantz added such perspective on Face the Nation Sunday saying, "Research shows that at the college level, a women's soccer player is two and a half times more likely to suffer a concussion than a college football player"

[burmafrd]

did not know the ball was that hard

[Kristen82]

Serious stuff. Concussions might be a risk factor for Alzheimer's among other things via the pathogenic tau protein. There must be a way to fortify the structure of helmets.

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla...ge-242445.aspx

[Aven8]

Cheerleading of all things is one of the most dangerous sports as well, if you can believe that.

Nebraska quit doing stunts a couple of years ago because of this.

Note: the only reason I know this is because I married a cheerleader.

[WPBCowboysFan]

Originally Posted by burmafrd

did not know the ball was that hard

Has nothing to do with the ball.

Soccer has a lot of body collisions and there is no protection.

Lot of knee injuries as well.

[FiveRings]

Originally Posted by WPBCowboysFan

Has nothing to do with the ball.

Soccer has a lot of body collisions and there is no protection.

Lot of knee injuries as well.

You sure? Seems like headers would have a big impact on those numbers. That ball moves very fast and is harder than you think

[danielofthesaints]

The amount of concussions that go undisclosed or not even communicated from the player to the training staff tarnishes whatever credibility this so-called ratio has.

[WPBCowboysFan]

Originally Posted by FiveRings

You sure? Seems like headers would have a big impact on those numbers. That ball moves very fast and is harder than you think

Heading the ball isnt that big a part of the game. And if you head it properly you hardly even feel it.

The ball could injure the head for sure, but I doubt it plays any significant part in any injury numbers.

[sbark]

Originally Posted by danielofthesaints

The amount of concussions that go undisclosed or not even communicated from the player to the training staff tarnishes whatever credibility this so-called ratio has.

Must be watched pretty close, from a site called Concussion Watch dot com
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The number of players with concussions listed on weekly NFL injury reports has swelled in recent years. According to Concussion Watch, 170 players were listed on injury reports for concussions during the 2012 season, nearly double the 92 reported in 2009.
Similar increases have been reported at lower levels of football. At the youth level, more than half a million concussions are reported every season.

[sbark]

From an Am Spec Article........... Hall of Fame former Dallas Cowboys Quarterback Troy Aikman has suggested that ditching helmets could cut down on head injuries, as have future Hall of Fame Wide Receiver Hines Ward and former 10-year NFL Quarterback Sean Salisbury.

[joseephuss]

Originally Posted by WPBCowboysFan

Heading the ball isnt that big a part of the game. And if you head it properly you hardly even feel it.

The ball could injure the head for sure, but I doubt it plays any significant part in any injury numbers.

The soccer ball can hit the head with quite a bit of force. Even when hitting it properly, you can still feel it. Good technique protects the neck and spine much more than the head. In some cases such as shots, you don't have time to do much than just get in the way. Heading the ball is a big part of the game.

http://healthland.time.com/2012/11/1...brain-changes/

Study: Soccer Players Without Concussions Still Have Brain Changes

A small study of professional soccer players found that even those who have never experienced a concussion still have changes in the white matter of their brains, likely from routine and unprotected headers.

The brain‘s white matter is made up of nerves and their myelin protective coating (similar to the insulation that blankets electrical wire) that play a significant role in connecting brain regions and establishing neural networks that are critical to cognition. Previous studies have investigated how concussions lead to changes in this white matter, but a new study lead by Dr. Inga K. Koerte of Harvard Medical School in Boston, is one of the first to look at how even blows to the head that aren’t considered concussions may lead to traumatic brain injury.

Read more: http://healthland.time.com/2012/11/1...#ixzz2K2ByYo8u

[Hoofbite]

Originally Posted by Kristen82

Serious stuff. Concussions might be a risk factor for Alzheimer's among other things via the pathogenic tau protein. There must be a way to fortify the structure of helmets.

http://newsroom.ucla.edu/portal/ucla...ge-242445.aspx

I read an article in Wired (I think) and the approach one guy is developing is sort of the opposite. Not in making the helmet weaker but he's wanting to basically add a slipping mechanism inside the helmet so when a player makes significant contact with his helmet the helmet kind of pivots around the head if that makes sense. I guess sort of like a ball and socket joint if you imagine the head as the ball and the helmet as the socket. Not to a great extent but enough to transfer some of that direct impact into rotational force around the head.

I thought it was kind of cool. If I can find the magazine laying around I'll see if I can scan it.

[HoustonFrog]

Originally Posted by WPBCowboysFan

Heading the ball isnt that big a part of the game. And if you head it properly you hardly even feel it.

The ball could injure the head for sure, but I doubt it plays any significant part in any injury numbers.

Heading is a large part of the game. That is how a majority of scores of corner kicks happen and players direct the ball using it all game long. Proper technique doesn't mean something isn't smashing your head. Not only that but they go up in the air competing with other players to head it and knoch into them.

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/nov...njury-20121114

Soccer players who repeatedly strike the ball with their heads may be causing measurable damage to their brains, even if they never suffer a concussion, according to a study published Tuesday by the Journal of the American Medical Assn.
By examining brain scans of a dozen professional soccer players from Germany, researchers found a pattern of damage that strongly resembled that of patients with mild traumatic brain injury, said Dr. Inga Katharina Koerte, a neuroradiologist at Boston's Brigham and Women's Hospital, who led the study

[erickb]

Both my son (16) and daughter (14) left racing motorcycles for playing soccer, lots of crashes in racing no big injuries. My daughter has had 2 concussions a broken nose and my son has had 1 that had syptoms lasting over a month playing soccer. My daughters have come from knees/feet to the head she is a keeper, my sons came from an elbow to the back of the head.

Scary stuff and sometimes I think about making them slow down and just be normal kids

[Blackspider214]

Whomever said heading is not a big part of soccer must not really watch. Heading the ball is a huge part of the game.