Exercise Will Hurt You by Dr. Steve Barrer

Author:Dr. Steve Barrer [Barrer, Steve & MD]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Health & Fitness, Medicine, Reference, Nonfiction, Sports
ISBN: 978-1609805357
Publisher: Seven Stories Press
Published: 2014-06-01T04:00:00+00:00

The disturbing fact in Thomas’s case is that he never had a severe single injury. His mother stated that she believed her son had never suffered a single concussion. But his brain revealed the same changes seen in more than twenty deceased NFL players.51

In the absence of obvious head injuries, this finding suggests that the minor but frequent jolts that the head suffers even at the most junior stages of football competition can be additive. Quoting Thomas’s mother again: “This is a person getting many little hits, starting at a young age. Football linebackers may get a thousand little hits. Now we’re thinking these are like teaspoons. A thousand teaspoons of water could be the same as a big jug. It’s possible.”52

No one has suggested that the CTE was the direct cause, or causal in any way, of Thomas’s taking his life. CTE is, however, associated with depression and impulse control issues. Two former NFL players who also committed suicide had CTE found at autopsy, including Junior Seau, an All-Pro linebacker who played twenty seasons in the league. The link for now is speculative. But this information has the attention of head injury researchers, and more will certainly be heard about this in the future.

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