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This isn't a one-off. I played football at the university level. When you get a concussion, they don't send you to a neurologist, they send you to a musculoskeletal physician that specializes in sports injuries, who by their own admission have no idea when it comes to the brain.
Apart from that, they still use the ImPACT Test, or similar models that are quite simply garbage. I've been faking my way through these stupid tests since I was 14, players botch them intentionally to lower their baseline and hasten their return to play after a concussion.
It's well known that this happens, nobody talks about it, have to keep the players on the field. After suffering two concussions in two months, with symptoms still lingering today after four months, I should have been sent to someone who knows what they're talking about.
This is NOT the fault of the doctor, the school or my team, it's the convention of sports today. My career was ended by concussions, and more people will suffer the same fate, and the lingering effects if things don't change.
Send players to a neurologist, assess their eyes and their balance. I don't blame anyone but myself, because I knew that I was putting myself at risk, but it's asinine that we're still sending athletes to athletic therapists and general sports doctors for concussions.
It makes me sick to think of the kids I coach doing the same stupid things I did, with no structures in place to prevent their recklessness or give them the proper care. It's time to change this culture around TBIs. @CarBombBoom13 #Concussion #TBI
