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Identifying Sports Injuries That Can Cause Brain Damage

December 16, 2011  

Scripps is Transforming Sports Medicine

In a High School lacrosse game, Tommy Mallon took a helmet-to-helmet hit that left him with a severe concussion and a neck broken in three places. Scripps is working with local schools – and patients like Tommy – to help young athletes through Impact Testing, which assesses potential neurological damage.

Learn more about how Scripps is transforming medicine.

Neurosciences (Scripps Clinic), Sports Medicine (Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas), Sports Medicine (Scripps Clinic), Neurosciences, Neurosciences (Scripps Memorial Hospital Encinitas), Physical Rehabilitation (Scripps Clinic), Physical Rehabilitation, Sports Medicine

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