research on methods to prevent brain trauma

[Ryan.carpediem]

Didn't know where I should have posted this.

There was an article last thur in Mind Your Body on the insidious and frightening effects of brain trauma. I don't have the exact article as I don't subscribe to online Straits Times, but from what i can recall there a few noteworthy points
: brain trauma can be accumulative (symptoms manifested only aft a long period of time)
can be caused by INDIRECT impacts ( tackling in rugby/ braking in a car/ )
effects can just suddenly worsen greatly eg. someone can feel dizzy and then fall into a coma the next day

Is there any research done on how we can alleviate its symptoms/minimize chances of this happening? I don't think ppl would avoid playing contact sports (rugby/boxing) and braking is quite inevitable.

Wondering if neck strength training can help to minimize the trauma caused by impacts.
read on ross enamait's blog tt apparently, having a strong neck (and traps according to alex) helps the head to absorb force/impact more for a punch (let's say to the jaw)

[kacie]

brain trauma occurs because your brain gets smashed against the walls of your skull upon impact. there is little you can do about that.

[h]

big guys get concussions all the time...

if you don't want it, don't play sports like rugby, american football, etc..
and avoid fights

[Ryan.carpediem]

braking? Surely there's no way to avoid that.

[galapogos]

If you get a concussion from braking, you've got bigger things to worry about...

[h]

concussions from braking???
oh...wait...
...did he just explain why singaporeans suck at driving?
sorry...