Comments on: PreHab: How to Reduce Concussions

By: Booty Quake

Booty Quake — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 19:02:54 +0000

In reply to Grimmy. Oh dear, that sounds awful, Grimmy! Neck strengthening may not protect you from another direct blow to the head, but at least it will help with the more prevalent incident which is the helmet hitting the track scenario. Good luck with your training!

By: Grimmy

Grimmy — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 07:35:22 +0000

I suffered a concussion 15 mins into a bout last year. Elbow to the face. It was awful and all I’ve seen are the worst case sinarios about concussions and getting more than one. This has regained my hope that I can do something to again lower my risk. I will be doing these at least 3 days a week. Thank you so much. If the thread is still going I will give feedback in a year :)

By: Mizz Kitty

Mizz Kitty — Sun, 01 Mar 2015 18:37:41 +0000

Oh how I wish I had read & used this article before I had my concussion/whiplash. I can’t begin to describe what I went through and how long recovery took. Plus I had a couple of re-injuries before I healed completely. I still have trouble, and pinched nerves. I will definitely be trying these exercises! Anything else you can share would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!!

By: Booty Quake

Booty Quake — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 02:51:45 +0000

In reply to Arnold McEwen. Good to hear, Arnold! I know wrestlers do a lot of serious neck strengthening too. I'm all about learning from other sports!

By: Booty Quake

Booty Quake — Sat, 28 Feb 2015 02:51:09 +0000

In reply to Highney. Thanks for the thoughtful note, Highney! Darn, so I let a "concussion prevention" slip in there, did I? I guess it rolls off the tongue a lot better than concussion reduction exercise... Hopefully the intent is understood. :)

By: Arnold McEwen

Arnold McEwen — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 22:18:54 +0000

These are very good exercises to do :) I used to coach highly competitive amateur Boxing , and all of the boxers did these as part of our warm ups :)

Arnold

By: Highney

Highney — Fri, 27 Feb 2015 20:27:26 +0000

Hey Booty!
First, I want to say that I love that you’re covering this. It’s taken a while for derby to start taking head injuries seriously. Thankfully, every time someone skaters look up to talks about it, especially when armed with real research, the word spreads High five!

Second, I appreciate that you worked to avoid the words “prevent” or “cure.” People tend to throw those words around, and, as athletes, any time someone says we can prevent something by doing some exercises, we’re probably going to do them. Hopefully, at least. Unfortunately, given the nature of how concussions work, you can’t prevent them, only reduce your risk of getting them. No magic exercise, helmet, or mouthguard will completely protect you from a head injury. The word “prevention” did show up in “concussion prevention exercises” – is there a better name?

Kudos again, and thanks for helping us take head injuries more seriously and for giving us things we can do to help ourselves!
-Highney