Goi's Fitness Forum

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)

when I was boxing, there was this once when I was stillfeeling dizzy and shaky 2 days after the fight.

And, during my rugby days, I have seen players going kuckoo on the spot (temporary lah ofcourse) due to a head hit...

Solution? Dont play these games.

http://mboyle1959.wordpress.com/2009/03 ... hcoachcom/



Unless you can defy gravity, there is little you can do.
If you don't have to play full time, then don't play at all or pick a gentle sport.