A former high school football player in Washington State is suing his old school district and a local chiropractic clinic for brain injuries he received in 2006. Adrien Gault alleges in his lawsuit that the Sequim School District didn’t follow…
California Weighs Strict Laws To Protect Student Athletes With Concussions
Momentum for the Lystedt Law which prevents a concussed scholastic athlete to return to the game in which he or she receives a concussion continues to grow. California, often on the vanguard of American culture and society, has joined the…
Evolution in the Understanding of Concussion – Length of Amnesia Correlates to Severity of Brain Damage
Continuing on with the discussion of my Concussion Clinic videos, today’s topic is The Length of Amnesia is the Best Predictor of Severity of Injury. Today’s video is here:http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=braininjuryattorney#p/u/8/WB9ErwpKnXk Brain injury is one of those things that everyone feels the…
Evolution in the Understanding of Concussion – Non-Athletes are At Much Higher Risk of Disability
Continuing on with the discussion of my Concussion Clinic videos, today’s topic is Non-Athletes are at Far Greater Risk of Disability. Today’s video is here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=braininjuryattorney#p/u/5/Z3QvSHrWykI Sport is an ideal laboratory to study concussion. First, almost all sport concussions get…
Evolution in the Understanding of Concussion: The Need for Periodic Followups
Continuing on with the discussion of my Concussion Clinic videos, today’s topic is the Need for Periodic Follow-ups. Today’s video is here: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=braininjuryattorney#p/u/11/dEWHgwRywtY When the sport and concussion guidelines are applied properly there is a 15 minute post-injury evaluation to…
Evolution in the Understanding of Concussion: Distinguish Between Confusion and Amnesia in Diagnosing Concussion
Continuing on with the topic “The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion, Otherwise Called Mild Traumatic Brain Injury,” our next point of emphasis is the importance of distinguishing between confusion and amnesia after a brain injury. The video on this…
Evolution in the Understanding of Concussion: Adrenaline Increases Memory and Masks Post Traumatic Amnesia
Our next lesson on the topic “The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion, otherwise Called Mild Traumatic Brain Injury,” is the role that adrenaline plays in masking the most reliable marker for brain injury, that of Post Traumatic Amnesia. The…
Evolution in the Understanding of Concussion: Sport Concussion’s Get Witnessed and Documented
Continuing with this blog’s treatment of the “The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion, otherwise Called Mild Traumatic Brain Injury,” today I focus on the huge diagnostic disadvantage real world concussions have in the diagnostic process. While the sport concussion…
Evolution in the Understanding of Concussion: Alternatively – Loss of Consciousness, Amnesia, Change in Mental State, Focal Neurological Deficits
This week I have been doing a series of blogs on “The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion, otherwise Called Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.” Today I continue to follow the topics of my YouTube videos on this theme. Today’s video…
The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion: The Role of the Concussion and Sport Guidelines
Yesterday’s blog began a series of discussions about “The Evolution of Our Understanding of Concussion, otherwise Called Mild Traumatic Brain Injury.” Today I continue to follow the topics of my YouTube videos on this theme. Today’s video is found here:…