It’s no secret that concussions are a massive issue in the American football world, and have been for a while. The majority of football players have been subjected to such egregious amounts of head trauma that they will likely never fully recover from the damage inflicted on their brains. Actions such as the creation of […]
Force Impact Technologies are working to increase early concussion detection among athletes with its new product, the FITGuard. The FITGuard is a head injury awareness mouthguard that will assist athletes with their timing of returning to play when there is a possibility of head injury. Coaches and officials will have an instant indication of the impact […]
BrainCheck Concussion just announced the launch of its first product that aims to reduce the risk of potential brain damage with brain health testing. The product is an app and is available for iOS and coming soon to Android. Parents and sports coaches will be able to use the app as well to monitor their athletes. […]
Students at Dartmouth’s Thayer College of Engineering have recently developed the newest technology in concussion awareness, The Mobile Virtual Player (MVP). The MVP is a remote controlled robot that football players tackle to reduce their exposure to concussions and other head injuries. The developers of the MVP aimed to stimulate realistic game scenarios with the […]
For the past two decades, Dr. Patrick Kerr has dedicated himself to treating necks, specifically how the head aligns to the first bone in the neck (known as the atlas). He’s utilized a procedure called Atlas Orthogonal during this practice, which is a specialty in Chiropractic. It’s worth noting, there’s an instrument that allows him […]
