With your definition, bonking your head and seeing stars for a second would be a concussion.BackHarlowRoad wrote:Pretty simple really;
concussion: a traumatic brain injury that alters the way your brain functions.
If you are saying that losing consciousness is a normal brain function, you need to get yours checked on it's functioning as well.
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Possibly, actually. In contact sports like boxing, MMA, kickboxing, etc, that's called "getting rocked". You're not knocked out, but you took a blow to the head that affected you quite a bit.laxwyo wrote:With your definition, bonking your head and seeing stars for a second would be a concussion.BackHarlowRoad wrote:Pretty simple really;
concussion: a traumatic brain injury that alters the way your brain functions.
If you are saying that losing consciousness is a normal brain function, you need to get yours checked on it's functioning as well.
But getting knocked out? That's a concussion, straight up.
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I didn't just make up my own definition. That's the medical definition. So....yeah. I don't really have anything to add. Dude was concussed.laxwyo wrote:With your definition, bonking your head and seeing stars for a second would be a concussion.BackHarlowRoad wrote:Pretty simple really;
concussion: a traumatic brain injury that alters the way your brain functions.
If you are saying that losing consciousness is a normal brain function, you need to get yours checked on it's functioning as well.
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TBH I think any contact sport should be required to have a neurologist on the sideline for proper testing. Think about it from an MMA or Boxing stand point. Someone gets knocked out the fight is over, they don't get the chance to go to the sideline and tell someone they are fine to put them back in.
Any athlete is ALWAYS going to say I'm fine, Even if they know they aren't they will say it. Half of them have no idea if they are fine or not and don't realize the long term issues that will accompany frequent concussions.
This is two years in a row people we have seen flat out knocked out cold have been put back in the game. Someone needs to question the ethics involved it's not safe for the kids.
Any athlete is ALWAYS going to say I'm fine, Even if they know they aren't they will say it. Half of them have no idea if they are fine or not and don't realize the long term issues that will accompany frequent concussions.
This is two years in a row people we have seen flat out knocked out cold have been put back in the game. Someone needs to question the ethics involved it's not safe for the kids.
+1Wyo2dal wrote:TBH I think any contact sport should be required to have a neurologist on the sideline for proper testing. Think about it from an MMA or Boxing stand point. Someone gets knocked out the fight is over, they don't get the chance to go to the sideline and tell someone they are fine to put them back in.
Any athlete is ALWAYS going to say I'm fine, Even if they know they aren't they will say it. Half of them have no idea if they are fine or not and don't realize the long term issues that will accompany frequent concussions.
This is two years in a row people we have seen flat out knocked out cold have been put back in the game. Someone needs to question the ethics involved it's not safe for the kids.