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The End Of The Road Is Just Ahead

October 19, 2011 By 4 Comments
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There are few people reading this by now that do not know of the crisis facing this great game of ours.  This game, this killer of men and breaker of spirits, which so many millions love and celebrate every week in America.  Our youth are dying and our Heroes falling and yet do we say anything?  Or do we just smirk and write it off to bad luck.  It didn't happen to you right?  Not your kid.  Not your problem. But across America as the injuries mount and the death toll rises more and more fans and parents are crying out for change.  Because for those of us paying attention we must realize that this killer that is running wild in the game of football has come to our youth fields and our  Main Streets and our NFL Stadiums.  The Concussion and Brain Trauma Monster is ours...all of ours. The body count and number of broken men and boys is rising daily.  Concussion's and Traumatic Brain Injury suffered on and the practice field and during games seem to visit every region of … [Read more...]

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Increases in High School & Youth Concussion Documented in Study

May 9, 2011 By Leave a Comment
G- Forces Exerted By A Football Player Are Far Beyond What is Needed to Cause a Concussion

Concussions among high school athletes in boys and girls sports have increased over the past decade, according to a study published in The American Journal of Sports Medicine. Data from a study which looked at a sample of 25 High Schools and 12 boys and girls sports from 1997-1998 and 2007-2008 show the concussion rate increasing 4.2-fold over the 11-year period with a 15.5 percent annual increase. Out of the 25 High schools and the sports sampled there were 2,651 concussions observed.  The boys' sports represented 53 percent of the athlete-exposures and 75 percent of all concussions. Football players were among more than half of all concussions, and girls' soccer reported the most concussions among girls' sports. Among boys' and girls' basketball, soccer and baseball/softball, girls were nearly twice as likely to have a concussion as boys. The concussion rate also increased over time among all sports recorded. This confirms something that has recently been discussed. … [Read more...]

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Manning A Part Of The Problem: BrainChamps Calls Him Out

April 28, 2011 By 4 Comments
Kort Breckenridge After his Life saving Craniectomy

Today's revelations by NFL Star QB Payton Manning indicate he knowingly lowballs the NFL concussion baseline test.  He was smug and almost bragging in his statement.  And he is too ignorant to know any better. Manning has been raised by a Football legend who often seemed to always put the Football Glory of his sons first over anything. Said  Payton Manning: "They have these new (brain) tests we have to take. Before the season, you have to look at 20 pictures and turn the paper over and then try to draw those 20 pictures. And they do it with words, too. Twenty words, you flip it over, and try to write those 20 words. "Then, after a concussion, you take the same test and if you do worse than you did on the first test, you can't play. So I just try to do badly on the first test." (The Huddle)http://content.usatoday.com/communities/thehuddle/post/2011/04/peyton-manning-admits-to-tanking-nfls-baseline-concussion-test/1   That is the worst thing he could say.  And he … [Read more...]

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Can Simple Radar Detect Concussion

April 26, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Team 715 Concussion Prevention Program by BrainCHampions.org

In our continued quest to find a way to stop this terrible killer and debilitating injury we at BrainChampions.org continue to scour the globe in search of the best new solutions and technology.   Today a report ran on UPI.com about the study researchers at Georgia Tech are doing to see if radar can accurately detect concussion in athletes and maybe even allow this to happen down on the field. Hope Springs Eternal for solutions.  We will let you read this and link to the story and wait to see how this works before we comment. ------------------------ ATLANTA, April 25 (UPI) -- A simple test using radar technology can quickly determine whether an athlete or a soldier has suffered a concussion, researchers at a Georgia Tech school say. Researchers at the Georgia Tech Research Institute say people with concussion have difficulty with simple multitasking, like walking and thinking at the same time, and performance of the task, measured by a simple radar system, can screen … [Read more...]

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