Sentence examples for major concussion from inspiring English sources

Tony Peña, the Yankees' first-base coach, caught for 18 years and never had what he called "a major concussion".

Ben Mangan of Lewisburg, Ohio, still has mood swings and cognitive problems deriving from at least one major concussion in 2002.

LaFontaine returned after one major concussion, but a lesser hit produced longer suffering and he retired in the summer of 1998.

Since his indictment and imprisonment in June 2009, he was badly beaten in a fight with an inmate over using a telephone, suffering a broken nose and a major concussion that left him unconscious.

Despite several years of intensive research, coverage and discussion about the dangers of concussions, the idea of playing through head injuries is so deeply rooted in hockey culture that two university teams kept concussed players on the ice even though they were taking part in a major concussion study.

In an era when the head was viewed as a battering ram and only "pussies" complained about pain, his experience with head injuries was also typical: badly concussed at the age of 13, he went on to suffer repeated "dings", including a major concussion in the first quarter of a Dallas game in 1980, yet continued playing with the aid of smelling salts.

But his aggressive style proved as unsafe as it was effective, to the point where he was getting "three to four major concussions a week," he said, and forgetting the names of his family's dogs.

The advice comes from Gil De Ferran, a winner of the Indianapolis 500 and two-time IndyCar champion, who suffered major concussions in his career.

The doctor confirmed I had a severe concussion, major whiplash, C4/5 damage, a dislocated sternum, and multiple torn muscles.

The amount of rotational force is thought to be the major component in concussion and its severity.

This should be seen as a major victory for concussion awareness, the former players, the current players, the NFL, and fans.