by Jimmy Carter | Jan 7, 2019 | Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
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...
by Jimmy Carter | Jan 4, 2019 | Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)
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. The Concussion and CTE Relationship Medical researchers have definitively...
by Jimmy Carter | Dec 27, 2018 | Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), Dementia
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...
