Concussions in Sports, Part I: Level
Gazette, The; Colorado Springs, Colo. › April 28, 2011
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Dr. Mike Nunley speaks about four or five years ago like it was prehistoric times. In his world of treating concussions, that's largely true.
Nunley, a clinical neuropsychologist at Memorial Health System's sports concussion clinic, talks about the primitive care for concussions just a few years ago, how mild concussions were not taken very seriously, the lack of medical knowledge on the subject and the lack of desire for those affected to learn more.See the full content of this document
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Concussions in Sports, Part I: Level
"In the past we said 'How many fingers do you see? You feel OK? Good, go back in the game,'" Nunley said. "It's the brain! It's not an ankle, it's the brain!"
Concussion awareness is moving at a fast rate in 2011. Guidelines have been introduced by the NFL and NCAA. Colorado followed up a CHSAA gu...See the full content of this document
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