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Don’t be a Hero: Second Impact Syndrome and the Risks Athletes Take by Playing Through Their Brain Pain

Playing with a concussion increases an athlete’s risk for Second Impact Syndrome (SIS) or a more severe traumatic brain Injury...

Also concerning, it doesn’t take much to induce SIS. In fact, the second blow to the head can be surprisingly minor according to Dr. Robert Cantu, who cites that even a blow to the chest that indirectly jerks the athlete’s head can produce accelerative forces in the brain and lead to SIS. This can occur even after a grade 1 concussion, the mildest form of a brain injury.

Combine this information with the fact that after you get a concussion you are six times more likely to sustain another concussion in the future, and it begins to look like the…

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The term was coined in 1984, after a football player suffered a head injury, returned to play again four days later, suffered another head injury, collapsed, and died.

Second Impact Syndrome

A controversial term first described by Saunders and Harbaugh in 1984, Second Impact Syndrome (SIS) consists of two events. Typically, it involves an athlete suffering post-concussive symptoms following a head injury. If, within several weeks, the athlete returns to play and sustains a second head injury, diffuse cerebral swelling, brain herniation, and death can occur.

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When a concussion occurs and its diagnosis is missed or symptoms are covered up or ignored, then there is the opportunity for SIS.

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