Have you broken your wrist… or hit your head?

On this episode of The Sports Engineering Podcast, we wrap up the year with Dr Janie Cournoyer by delving into one of the most challenging problems in sports medicine: diagnosing head injuries. We explore why concussions are so difficult to identify, measure, and manage, and unpack how the brain’s ability to compensate complicates both diagnosis and decision-making. We discuss how engineers and clinicians navigate the grey space between objective data and subjective symptoms, reflecting on what we can measure, what we can’t, and why understanding that gap matters.