SportTechie

Sep 27, 2018

Zone7’s AI Platform Seeks to Predict Injuries Before They Occur

Getafe CF has one of the lowest operating budgets in Spain’s top soccer circuit, La Liga. That puts a premium on the club keeping its starting players healthy. Depth is...

Nov 13, 2017

Minnesota Vikings’ Teddy Bridgewater Used Virtual Reality During Long Road Back

Sunday marked Teddy Bridgewater’s first time suiting up in full uniform since suffering a career-threatening knee injury in August 2016. During pregame, the Minnesota Vikings’ quarterback, clearly overcome with emotion, covered his face with a towel as cameras panned over him. Bridgewater went through the most grueling rehab process an athlete could endure. After all, […]

Apr 14, 2016

Another Study Links Playing in the NFL to Traumatic Brain Injury, Increasing Problem

As if there hasn’t been enough research that equates playing football to degenerative brain diseases, a study by Dr. Francis Conidi at the Florida Center for Headache and Sports Neurology has added more fuel to the fire. The lead researcher on the study, Conidi scanned the brains of 40 ex-NFL players—they were all relatively fresh […]

Mar 15, 2016

Liverpool Medical Staff Are Evaluating Injured Players With New Replay Technology

We, as viewers, are used to seeing what seems like thousands of replays of an injury to a player in any game—so much so that Saturday Night Live made a skit about it. However, for medical staffs, these replays are not always enough for evaluating a downed player. Generally, all they have to rely upon […]

Mar 10, 2016

St. Louis Cardinals And Minnesota Twins Actively Seeking Injury Prevention Technology

With the MLB season nearly upon us, the St. Louis Cardinals and Minnesota Twins have been notably moving forward to try and reduce the risk of injury. In 2015 MLB season, there were 417 players on the disabled list combining for a little more than 28,000 days missed. Which essentially translates to an enormous opportunity to […]