Dr. Joseph Congeni, director of sports medicine at Akron Children’s Hospital, provided perspective on risks of playing football, during a recent appearance on the Ray Horner Morning Show on WAKR-AM. Participation in high school football in Ohio fell 23 percent from 2009 to 2016, according to the Ohio High School Athletic Association. The drop is […]
Steps to improve concussion prevention and management
The arrival of fall sports season is a reminder that coaches, trainers, athletes and parents should be on alert for signs of concussion. Although awareness and management of concussions has improved, symptoms are often not clear-cut and may be overlooked. As many as 1.9 million sports-related concussions happen to kids every year in the United […]
Many wondering what will come of NFL exec’s recent admission to a link between CTE and NFL football
Many people are talking about the bombshell that was dropped during yesterday’s congressional hearing. NFL executive Jeff Miller admitted to a link between CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) and NFL football. To me and I think many in the medical world, it’s not a huge deal. We’ve been studying CTE in football players for the past […]
Can Concussion Symptoms Surface 1 Or 2 Days After a Game?
Putting all the madness aside, Johnny Manziel recently suffered what’s called in the sports medicine world a Monday Morning concussion. With this type of head injury, a player who takes a hard hit during a game — whether it be football, lacrosse or soccer — his symptoms may take 24 to 48 hours to present […]
Concussion movie raises awareness and controversial debate
Last week, I had the opportunity to watch the Boston premiere of Concussion with other sports medicine specialists from coast to coast. The movie depicts the controversial story of Dr. Bennet Omalu, played by Will Smith, who performed brain biopsies on former NFL players and discovered neurological deterioration due to repeated head injuries. He published […]
Doctors From Minnesota Boldly Call to End High School Tackle Football Programs
Just last week, 2 doctors from the University of Minnesota released a preprinting of an article in the American Journal of Bioethics boldly calling for all public high schools to discontinue their tackle football programs. Though they stated the number of deaths and catastrophic injuries continue to decline, they fear the long-term cognitive effects of […]
