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Do mouth guards help prevent concussions?
Image Thumbnail: The value of having a mouth guard in preventing dental injuries has been well documented for years but does it help prevent concussions? There are three theories on how a mouth guard...
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Return to Play Progression After A Concussion
Image Thumbnail: Concussions are the hot topic across all of sports. For the past 20 years, the concept of not participating in sports while symptomatic has been known. The big question now is how...
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Can Heading A Soccer Ball Cause Brain Damage?
Image Thumbnail: Soccer is one of the only sports to require a player to apply a force to a ball with their head. This has inspired a great amount of research within the scientific community to...
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Neck Strengthening For Concussions
Image Thumbnail: Research indicates that neck strengthening can actually prevent concussions. Dawn Comstock, PhD, currently an associate professor in the Dept. of Epidemiology at The Colorado School...
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The Importance of Concussion Testing
Image Thumbnail: Recent epidemiological data reveals that the majority of concussions come from football at 47%, followed by girl's soccer at 8.2% with the most common mechanism being player to player...
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10 Ways to Address Concussions in Soccer
Image Thumbnail: Here is 10 ideas to address the ever increasing concussion rates in soccer. 1. Change the clock. By having a stopped clock, it will allow for more time for on-field evaluation....
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