With all the attention on the longterm affects of concussion more focus should be on prevention. The blow to the jaw, boxers "Glass Jaw", the work of a Tufts Temporal Mandibular Specialist, must be recognized when considering this type of concussion. Why do some athletes become "prone" to recurrence. A diagnosable marker in "prone" N.E. Patriot Players and random sampling of High school athletes have shown in three peer reviewed papers, to have a drastic reduction in recurrence in concussion from blows to the jaw. A soldier on his way to remove IED from the roads of Iraq has had this marker, a dime sized cartilage disc within the TMJ, corrected and has been fitted with the same orthotic retainer like mouth guard used by our local football team. Yet, the rest of his platoon will not be protected by this ADA approved oral protection, because the NFL and local institutions have not considered this procedure as real science. One peer reviewed paper stated, 30 kids had 50 concussions, when corrected and fitted, the same group had only three in the group. Another reads, 12 N.E. Patriot players with multiple concussions, one reports four, after fitting none reported. Dementia Pugilistica or CTP related brain disease is thought to be a result of repeated jaw blows. One player in the B.U. study who wore this device and has no reported CPT, it was stated on WEEI, "I don't have those white spots on my brain", another CPT suffer repeatedly comments, one on CNN "I got kicked in the chin". This marker within the jaw joint may be the mechanism that triggers the point of origin for this type of concussion. Blows to the spinal cord and crown of the head, are a different type of trauma. This
"superior" method of constructing a biomechnic correction is clearly a better way of addressing concussion with a multidisciplinary approach to concussion awareness. Waiting for a child to have a concussion, is foolish, any known means of prevention must be considered. With a history of use within the NFL for over two decades, now being reviewed by the NHL medical committee and a subject of controversy with the commissioner of the NFL. More attention must be put on this device now thought to be one way of reducing MTBI in our troops. More ...

Very interesting, thanks for taking the time to read and add a comment.

Just a short comment here regarding the pro sports salaries. I feel that the players in the NFL & NHL should be the ones making higher salaries simply due to the physical wear and tear and trauma on their bodies. Baseball is my favorite sport, but the salaries in the NBA & MLB should be lowered for everyones benefit in my opinion. Maybe the natural course of economics and time itself will line this in that direction ?..

Maybe, it's going to get tough to sell tickets to some games. Thanks for taking the time to read and comment.