Blog Post #1
Have you ever gotten hit in the head before and had headaches or dizziness? If so you might have had a concussion and didn’t know it. According to McCrory, P. from the British Journal of Sports Medicine, a concussion is a traumatic brain injury that comes from biomechanical forces through indirect or direct contact to the head, face, neck, or anywhere else on the body. Some of the symptoms include headache, dizziness, fatigue, a sensitivity to light and sound. Concussions can last from a week to years it all depends on if you let your brain heal or not. Many concussions are not reported because they are mild, but can still produce these same symptoms. If left untreated and there are several more traumas, can result in permeant brain damage. It’s estimated that around 3.8 million concussions occur each year majority come from athletics. Most of the studies or research that is being done on concussions are also done on male athlete sports like football, men’s hockey, and men’s wrestlin...