In the never ending saga of concussions
 

http://nhl.fanhouse.com/2010/09/23/b...ers-by-family/

The family of Bob Probert donate his brain to researchers

2010 Fall GM Meetings
 

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/timwh...d.html?ref=rss

Concussions - NHL reviewing "early returns" at the meetings

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/garry...l.html?ref=rss

Is it worth it for a player to return from injury without being totally healthy (as is often done in playoffs with many having continuing health issues through summer and some into the fall).

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...medium=twitter

300 athletes have agreed to annual testing and to donate their brains at death to continue the study, especially long term, of concussions. One thing they are looking for is signs of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE).

Including Keith Primeau.

http://www.usatoday.com/yourlife/hea...Top+Stories%29

New blood test can identify brain trauma (like concussions).

http://www.mercedsunstar.com/2010/10...look-into.html

Mayo Clinic to hold summit looking into hockey concussions, especially the impact on kids.

I think this is a great idea.
I can relate all to well with this, as I myself have had a couple of pretty good concussions from playing hockey.

hope they can find a way of improving equpiment to help better prevent the occurances of concussions.
maybe they can eventually find a way to better treat them after they have happened too.
I would love too see that as well.

http://www.usahockey.com//Template_U...2_02&ID=292536
USA Hockey on the concussion summit (today 10/19 and tomorrow)

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/blog/puc...urn=nhl-278850

PD summarizes Mayo summit, where it was suggested that NHL should ban **all** hits to the head.

http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=5711010

MLB considering 7-day IR for all concussions.

If they even wear them properly. Players don't even wear visors and some that do tip the helmets so far back, what's the point? Same with helmets.


Then they should also have an league doctor not answerable to the team do the evaluation. Also, allow player to be called up at that time and not have salary count against cap if at same or lower salary.

You cannot be too careful with concussions.

With all of the info available we still are hearing from the people who think it's OKAY to blast a guy in the head. Do we need a death on the ice to get the point across?

http://www.sportingnews.com/nhl/feed...rom-themselves

Roenick talks about the 13 (or more) concussions and efforts in the NHL and NFL for concussions protection. (Leagues may have to protect players from themselves as they have a "warrior" mentality and refuse to let a "little" thing keep them from playing.)



http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/ronma...in-canada.html
HNIC emphasizing concussions today/night.

http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/s...e=NFLHeadlines

NFLPA statement

The obvious question is why are flimsey little half helmets allowed in a contact sport with speeds reaching over thirty miles an hour?

The "Messier" helmet, lauded as a major innovation seems best suited to covering baldness. Don't think so? I propose a test; put on the latest, greatest hockey helmet and I will attack you with a bat.

If you think I am being facetious, I am not. The impacts absorbed by players easily reaches the levels of an attack with a bat.

The NFL has approached the same problem seriously and adopted real rules regaurding the helmet. Newer helmet designs result in less injuries. Until the NHL approaches the problem seriously there won't be any improvement in safety.

Real helmets cover the entire head and dissapate energy. They are heavy. They are hot. They save lives.

HNIC feature

http://www.cbc.ca/sports/blogs/ellio...y.html?ref=rss

Friedman: How can the concussion problem be fixed?

wyshynski
Via @crabchowdah, a concussion test - http://impacttest.com/index.php/abou...cognitive_test

http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sport...medium=twitter

Having a certified trainer might help, but will definitely provide more jobs/volunteer opportunities. (And add to the bottom line, negatively, for many non-pro sports.)

I'm a nurse practitioner and do alot of school/sports physicals. I have started including information on concussions in my little lecture about healthy habits and injury treatment.

If people put half the effort into designing equipment to prevent concussions as they do trying to show that more and more athletes suffer them.....we'd be much better off.

I saw on Hockey Night in Canada a helmet design that used small cylinders of padding instead of flat padding in helmets. They cushioned the blow more and did not lose their form like normal padding does.

That's the first and last time I heard of any idea to modify the equipment to limit the number of concussions. Instead there are just more and more studies done to try to show how many concussions are suffered.

Great....we're able to identify that a player has suffered a concussion after a slight bump against the glass. What are we doing to prevent those minor concussions?

Here....let's talk about this and try to figure out why it gets about .1% of the attention that studies showing how many hockey players suffer concussions seem to get.

Typical media...and really...typical society. Focusing more on the problem instead of a solution to the problem.

I get it...hockey players suffer concussions. That's not news to me. If 20 players in the OHL suffer 50 of them or 250 players suffer 900 of them....don't care. Figure out a way to reduce the number.

"Concussion rate in junior hockey 7 times higher than previously reported: study"

http://home.mytelus.com/telusen/port...CatID=National

http://www.milehighhockey.com/2010/1...ck-is-going-on

SBN Colorado Avs blogger "looks into" concussion after long list of 'Lanche are out with concussion/head issues.