Sports medicine used to be the field of sprains, strains and broken bones — firm orthopedic territory. But today, with more focus on the damage that a simple concussion can cause and the knowledge that it can lead to long-term, detrimental brain injury, the realm of sports medicine has moved into the arena of neurologists
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EXPLORING CONCUSSIONS
Over the past few months we’ve been exploring Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, better known as CTE. Today we thought we’d back it up and start where these conditions often begin, concussion.
You Are What You Eat: Give your Brain Some Love
This is the time of year when we tend to do quite a bit of overindulging and overimibing. To help keep things in check, we thought this was the perfect time to check in on the foods and lifestyle choices that can help support brain health.
Examining the Risk of CTE to NFL Players
It’s the time of year when the glorious thing we Texans have looked forward to all year — football season — is starting to wrap up. We’re all looking forward to the college bowl games and the NFL is rounding out the end of the regular season. While we tend to glorify the sport around these parts, as of late there’s mounting evidence that football puts players, especially NFL players, at a...
EXPLORING CHRONIC TRAUMATIC ENCEPHALOPATHY
In two recent posts we explored Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and its causation of dementia. Today we will delve into Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, commonly referred to at CTE. The brain disease has gained much more exposure as of late, especially in relation to athletes who have developed the disease from concussion events. CTE is known to cause progressive dementia. DEFINING CTE ...
The Keys to a Blessed Holiday: Tips to Coping with Family Members Suffering from Alzheimer’s and Dementia
Ahh, the holidays. Kin — young, old and in between — gather around the hearth sharing tales of yore while anticipating the big man in red’s arrival. Sounds pretty idyllic, right? Unfortunately, this fairy tale spun out in Christmas songs and sappy Hallmark Channel holiday movies isn’t always reality. While there is so much good with this time of year, it can also be tricky when faced with the...