1h 9 min

Leigh McDonald - Combating the invisible trauma of football Get Off The Bench Podcast

    • Documental

The game of football is all about the hard knocks, that often includes head clashes and concussions. Despite knowing about concussions for decades, we weren’t so aware of what those head injuries were really doing to brains. Now, CTE has become an alarming concern, and people like Leigh are trying to combat this issue, while simultaneously living with the very real and traumatic symptoms of the condition.

The game of football is all about the hard knocks, that often includes head clashes and concussions. Despite knowing about concussions for decades, we weren’t so aware of what those head injuries were really doing to brains. Now, CTE has become an alarming concern, and people like Leigh are trying to combat this issue, while simultaneously living with the very real and traumatic symptoms of the condition.

1h 9 min