My head injury

[shootingstar]

I don't follow sports car racing, so was unaware of head injuries, ny biker. So good that he is withdrawing from racing.

May I suggest to anyone who hears the term concussion if they are affected: use the term head injuries. That's what it is. That's how doctors who I've dealt with term it. The term "concussion" obscures the reality of what it is.

The more I stumble across head injuries stories and its downplaying for so long in various sports, because people don't want to let down rest of the team /don't want their individual performance to be viewed as weak if they withdraw for recovery / driven by money purse.....it's shocking.

My sister-emergency medicine doctor emphasized that multiple head injuries for 1 person in their lifetime, is cumulative damage to the brain.

A Canadian hockey player Steve Matador surprised the NHL fan world when he died @ 35 yrs. just a few wks. ago this yr. http://www.thehockeynews.com/blog/st...ss-away-early/ It's very sad, because his father sits on the board of directors on hockey safety with a well-known Toronto doctor in spinal cord and head injury trauma who has been tireless advocate in Canada nationally for ie. seat belt safety (for preventing spinal cord injury) in cars, bike helmet .....

It actually is now disturbing to me, that head injuries would be even downplayed in the cycling world ....

Here is an readable medical article: http://www.cmaj.ca/content/185/11/975