Brainiac - Contact Sports & Injury Prevention

In this month’s episode of Brainiac, Stefan is joined by PhD. student Mike Jorgensen! Stefan and Mike start the episode discussing the different levels of injury prevention and why secondary prevention is common in concussion research. Next, Mike explains his research focusing on the Blue Card rule in rugby and referees’ experiences enforcing the rule. The episode wraps up with a broader discussion of how other sports can learn from and implement the Blue Card rule in their space.Subscribe and leave a review!Visit https://www.concussiontalk.com/ for more!Follow and subscribe! @concussiontalk on YouTube, Instagram & Facebook 2014 e-book, Detour: https://leanpub.com/detourFollow Lauren on Instagram @lziaksConcussion Talk Podcast discusses traumatic brain injury (TBI) by featuring interviews with experts (physiotherapists, doctors, researchers, athletes, community leaders, etc.) and people who have experienced TBI first-hand.Chronically dives deeper into concussions and brain injury as I team up with Lauren Ziaks; a DPT, ATC, and wealth of knowledge of chronic health conditions post-concussion. Join us as we interview more experts, spread awareness of brain injury and more! Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.