The Unseen Consequences of Concussions in Contact Sports The recent injury to New Zealand Warriors' Tom Flegler has brought attention to the long term effects of concussions on athletes participating in contact sports.
This focus is often limited to a single game or season, but it's essential to consider the broader implications of repeated head trauma on players' health and well being.
In recent years, numerous high profile cases of former rugby players have struggled with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease linked to repetitive head injuries.