Article on Concussions - a quick read

[mom2binsd]

http://www.wjbc.com/common/page.php?pt=Concussion+doctor%3A+Education+can+eas e+parents%27+worries&id=37653&is_corp=0

A local neurologist and some interesting information.

I know lots of parents are very concerned about their children playing sports and this has been discussed a number of times.

[brittone2]

Thanks for sharing. THese have been in the news lately as well:

Even mild hits may disrupt blood-brain barrier (these were sub-concussion level hits)
http://www.medpagetoday.com/Neurology/HeadTrauma/37724

Study here:
http://www.plosone.org/annotation/listThread.action?inReplyTo=62615&root=62615

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2013/03/130307145742.htm

http://slapshot.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/11/30/study-shows-possible-brain-damage-caused-by-subconcussive-blows/

When you think of how many concussions are being missed, and then think about the cumulative effect of sub-concussive damage, it is a little scary.