For those of you who enjoy watching soccer (known as football everywhere outside of the U.S.), there was an unfortunate episode in the semifinal between the U.S. and German teams. As reported in the New York Times, two players inadvertently crashed heads. Both ended up on the ground, holding their heads, for minutes. New York Times reporter Jeré Longman reports that according […]
Saying that FIFA is acting as a proverbial ostrich by putting its head in the sand is a kind way to put it, for FIFA. Not so kind a comparison for ostriches. By the way, I worked with ostriches at the Hai Bar Nature Preserve outside of Eilat, Israel for 3 months and never saw any of them put their […]
I know that I sound like a broken record when it comes to concussions but apparently the message is not being received. So I feel compelled to broadcast again and again and again and again the importance of careful management of head trauma. I did not follow the World Cup but received information about the Pereira incident from a colleague. The […]
On Thursday afternoon at World Cup play, a Uruguayan player was hit in the head, inadvertently, by the knee of another player. The player, Alvaro Pereira, lay motionless and apparently unconscious on the pitch whilst the team doctor signaled for a substitution. Pereira came to consciousness and vociferously objected to being taken out of the game. Two minutes layer, Pereira […]
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