Past Online Articles Create username. With bigger, stronger, faster players, concussions in sports continue to rise.
Any football fan is familiar with the sight of two players crashing into each other at full speed.
And sometimes after the collision, one of the players lies prone as trainers and teammates rush to his side. Although many athletes shake off such collisions and even return to play after regaining their bearings, others aren't so lucky. These scenarios seem to play out more frequently as concussions continue to become an increasingly common part of many contact sports. Symptoms include a loss of consciousness, short-term amnesia, or both. Athletes who've sustained a Grade 2, or moderate concussion, are unconscious for less than five minutes following the collision and experience post-traumatic amnesia for greater than 30 minutes.