Following multiple reports about concussion injuries in athletes, more information is coming down. According to a study in Medicine and Science in Sports and Exercise, data showed that college athletes were nearly twice as likely to suffer a serious knee, ankle or lower extremity injury for as long as one year following injury compared with the previous twelve months. Information was collected from 2010 to 2013 with two-thirds of the athletes male. 85% of concussed athletes return to competition within 7 days after their head injury. Repeat injuries are not too surprising when one considers that the concussion may impair the brain's ability to coordinate physical movement. Subtle disruptions in brain pathways may increase synapsis time and delay reaction and motion. Too often both coaches and athletes are very eager to get back in action when the remedy is R&R.
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