Concussions and Spine

Due to actions taken by such organizations as the Pashby Foundation (www.drpashby.ca), the "Stop Concussions" Program (www.stopconcussions.com) or the Think First Foundation of Canada (www.thinkfirst.ca), it is becoming understood by a growing number of people that any physical contact that causes any kind of abnormal reaction by the brain and/or spinal column is by definition, a concussive act or a potential spinal cord injury. And it is a well known fact that concussive acts are accumulative in their affects on the player. The actions that leave a player lying on the ice, unable to respond are the ones that capture everyone’s attention. But are they any different than the accumulation of the smaller ones that over time and frequency can end up with the same outcome, but just later in life? Not likely.

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