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RE: ADSactly Sports - Getting your "Bell Rung": The growing issue of concussions in sports
This is very informative post @adsactly.
A concussion is a type of brain injury that interferes with the way of brain functions. Concussions are a common issue among school aged children and teenagers, especially if they are active in sports. Although, helmets do protect your child from the fracture of the skull or an injury that causes bleeding to the brain, they do not necessarily prevent occasions. It is possible to sustain a concussion while wearing a helmet because the helmet protects the bones of the head, but cannot stop the brain from making contact with the inside of the skull.
This is very true. Although there are big efforts being made to improve equipment and make it safer, it is the way the brain rattled inside the skull the can cause major damage. He lets only help to reduce the impact but the damage still occurs.