Cyclist Toms Skunjins took a hard fall in the Tour of California, and fell several more times while staggering back onto his bicycle. The video showing his struggle to resume the race is alarming and hard to watch. Despite his obvious confusion and dizziness, two visible symptoms of a concussion, Skunjins continued in the race for a short…
The NFL reported 244 concussions occurred during practices and games in the 2016 season. Following Gisele Bundchen’s claim that her husband, Tom Brady, suffered a concussion during the season, concern is growing that the NFL’s statistics may not tell the full story. Gisele explained, “He has concussions pretty much every – I mean, we don’t…
To design and install an artificial turf field successfully it’s important to understand how different materials behave under temperature and climatic changes. Many companies have varying installation practices so we studied the forces at work in artificial turf, and how those forces translate to edge details and the interface with a shock pad (if used)….
Concussion awareness has been successful on many fronts, but so what? That seems to be the question many scientists have asked. What good does it do to make people aware that concussions occur? How are we advancing diagnosis, prevention, and treatment? The breakthroughs answering those questions may sound like they’re pulled from a sci-fi movie,…
Lessening the impact for athletes’ long-term health is the core of why Brock manufactures the leading shock pads on the market for artificial turf sports surfaces. The opportunity to help bring Lance Briggs’ inspiring story to the world was something Brock’s management team enthusiastically embraced. “We need to move football, and sports in general, forward,”…
Brain injuries in contact sports are no laughing matter, but sometimes it takes satire to bring to light the urgency for reform. The hit Comedy Central show Key & Peele just released a short where a quarterback is sacked and suffers a concussion. After his head collides with the turf he brings calls the huddle and begins a…
Ginger Allen, investigative reporter at CBS/Dallas-Fort Worth, contacted Dan Sawyer, CEO at Brock USA, to help shine some light on the issues facing safety in artificial turf fields. Her team found that out of 63 North Texas high school football teams, only nine of them still played on natural grass fields. That begs the question –…
Reminiscing on the popular Nike campaign featuring Bo Jackson, you may recall the catchphrase, “Bo Knows…” Bo seemed to know everything from his professional sports, Football and Baseball, to cycling, tennis, pro wrestling, and even how to play guitar! What Bo was not privy to was the research that surfaced in 2005 attributing concussions and sub-concussive…
