Great LA Times volleyball story re concussions

[Alma]

My apologies for duplicating the thread. I just didn't see it. My mistake.

I imagine the NCAA will settle.

 

[User 150927]

I'm not sure the lawsuit is actually the point. I think the horrific physical and mental issues that this young woman is dealing with because of her injuries and because the Stanford medical staff appeared to be negligent, I think that's what's important about this story.

 

[ChrisLong]

I wanted the story to say which club she played for. My daughter did club a few years before this girl, so we knew a little bit about them. Club is much more intense than high school -- 6 month season and 2 months of practice vs. 3 month season. Better players at the highest levels of club. If a kid gets a "facial" everybody laughs.
My kid got 3 concussions and a few sprained ankle. And she wasn't a high-level player.

 

[User 149557]

I’m not afraid to say there were times my heart jumped as a volleyball screamed at my lens through the viewfinder. Then I realized I was twenty feet back from where those girls/women were facing it.

Kinda reminded me of the one time I played catch with a major league pitcher and asked him to dial it up to 75 percent of a major league pitch. Just a whistling sound, hold the glove up and pray the ball finds it.

 

[User 150927]

I wanted the story to say which club she played for. My daughter did club a few years before this girl, so we knew a little bit about them. Club is much more intense than high school -- 6 month season and 2 months of practice vs. 3 month season. Better players at the highest levels of club. If a kid gets a "facial" everybody laughs.
My kid got 3 concussions and a few sprained ankle. And she wasn't a high-level player.

I wonder if there is any research on how people respond to concussions. I assume your daughter hasn't suffered the long-term health affects the player in the story did? What makes them different?

 

[I Should Coco]

I wonder if there is any research on how people respond to concussions. I assume your daughter hasn't suffered the long-term health affects the player in the story did? What makes them different?

That's what is so difficult about diagnosing/treating/helping those with concussions. Some people are affected and injured much more severely, and have a harder time recovering, than others. I don't think we know enough about the brain to know why.

And on a personal level, I too have no doubt I was concussed playing high school football in the 1980s. It was during a midweek, "full go" practice, and I got clobbered as part of the wedge on our kickoff return team. I don't remember exactly what happened for the rest of practice, but I know at some point I felt nauseous and puked on the sideline. At that point the coaches sat me out of practice, but I played in the game that week.

No way that happens today, thank goodness.

 

[ChrisLong]

I wonder if there is any research on how people respond to concussions. I assume your daughter hasn't suffered the long-term health affects the player in the story did? What makes them different?

She does get migraines. I don't think her concussions were severe. She ran into a wall, ran into a support pole and hit her head on the floor. I don't believe there is an answer to your question. Severity of the impact, location, etc. ????

 

[heyabbott]

Women’s College Beach Volleyball on ESPN2
USC v. UCLA but they are playing in Alabama.