head injury

Editor's Note: This post was co-authored by Ketchum alum Heather Allen.

With more and more research coming out about
the importance of head safety and how life-threatening concussions and other head trauma can be, multiple industries are taking a hard look at how to be safer.

Take the NFL for example, gone are the years of the “Leather Lids” in the 1920s, as recent developments by Riddell (the official helmet supplier for the NFL) announced a new helmet in 2002, “The Revolution,” which was the first major innovation in 25 years. The ongoing issue of concussions really came to a head (no pun intended) with the highly-publicized side-effects from athletes such as Ted Johnson experiencing so much head trauma.Read full post »