2nd Skull, a company that creates protective skull caps for tough contact sports such as football and rugby, has received $100,000 in funding from the NFL as part of HeadHealthTECH Challenge II, it was announced Wednesday. The competition, conducted by the NFL and Football Research Institute and managed by Duke University’s Clinical and Translational Science […]
Violent contact has become almost a fixture in the NFL, as players use their reinforced pads and helmets to knock each other out of plays — and sometimes, out of entire games. Not in the American 7s Football League, though. In the seven-on-seven semi-pro league, players tackle each other without the aid or protection of those […]
According to the United States Center for Disease control and prevention, around 3.5 million Americans suffer brain injuries every year. Within the past decade, head injuries have become more apparent in the sports world, often leaving victims in unstable conditions and damaging long-term health, memory, and learning. However, there is hope. With due time and […]
In recent years, the amount of head injuries occurring in sports has begun to receive extra attention. Lawsuits coming from former NHL and NFL players have been flooding the news headlines and an MLB pitcher wore a protective cap for the first time over the weekend: Padres’ Alex Torres says Alex Cobb’s injury a year ago […]
