Injury Time: Sport’s Head Trauma Crisis
The Bunker – News without the nonsense
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Show Notes
Blows to the head are commonplace in a range of sports – why do the risks often go unspoken? What happens to the brain when athletes take these knocks? Alex Rees speaks to Hana Walker-Brown about her book A Delicate Game: Brain Injury, Sport and Sacrifice, in which she chronicles degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, and the tragedies which have gone under the radar.
- “There are things that are changing, but they’re changing very slowly.”
- “The rules need to come from above and be implemented.”
- “It’s important to note, concussion is a brain injury.”
- “To consider that sport might have to change gets people’s backs up.”
- “There’s something about the thrill of watching people get hurt.”
- “The brain needs to be protected.”
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Presented by Alex Rees. Group Editor: Andrew Harrison. Lead Producer: Jacob Jarvis. Producers: Jacob Archbold, Jelena Sofronijevic and Alex Rees. Audio production by TBC. THE BUNKER is a Podmasters Production
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