Throughout one’s life, it’s common to have health issues arise from time to time. While the medical system can be dysfunctional, it’s generally possible to seek and receive care for any particular issue. This is what people expect if they sustain a concussion. The reality is something entirely different. It’s a shock to find that […]
CTE Studies: Stages Breakdown From a Different Angle
As I went through studies about CTE, I discovered that it’s not very easy to compare apples to apples or find details about mild stages. In this post, I’ll provide my notes and graphics I made during the course of my research. I’m out of time, so am just dropping some screenshots of my notes […]
7 Surprising Facts About CTE
It’s been one shock after another. After raising a few questions about CTE last summer and incurring quite a bit of wrath upon doing so, I started looking into it in more detail. What I’ve found has both surprised and alarmed me. In this post, I share issues I’ve come across as well as suggestions […]
Concussion Guidelines for Baseball
There are some existing guidelines for prevention and management of concussions in baseball. Here are some for MLB and Little League. MLB The MLB concussion protocol was established in 2011. It established a 7-day concussion disabled list (DL). The previous MLB Players Association bargaining agreement was renewed in late 2016. In that iteration of the […]