Human Performance Following Concussion with Jim Goetz, Chantea Goetz, Mike Brandon and Dan Cardellichio
Seeking medical attention immediately following a concussion is key to recovery as when left undetected, concussions can result in long-term brain damage and may even prove to be fatal.
While the majority of concussions are caused by falls, not sports, the number of sports related concussion continue to grow. In fact, the CDC has released reports that show the amount of reported concussions has doubled in the last 10 years.
Sports related concussions are so detrimental as while the first hit can prove problematic, the second or third head impact can cause permanent long-term brain damage. These cumulative sports concussions are shown to increase the likelihood of catastrophic head injury leading to permanent neurologic disability by 39 percent!
Human performance has been described as one’s capabilities when observed under set circumstances or conditions.
Enhancement, on the other hand, is used to enhance capabilities to a higher degree to intensify or magnify performance.
Our goal is to raise the capabilities of human performance to a higher degree following concussion.
Goals for recovery following a concussion include:
-Any reduction in symptom
-Reduction of the Grade 3 finger-thumb to Grade 1
-Accuracy of finger-nose-finger with eyes closed bilaterally
-Less than 5% discrepancy between head right and left