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Oof. The thing no one wants to talk about. Repeated concussions are bad news. >>Most of the year I would be having concussion symptoms. There are grades of sev
by instagib 3y ago
Oof. The thing no one wants to talk about. Repeated concussions are bad news.
>>Most of the year I would be having concussion symptoms. There are grades of severity but my worst was being thrown on the back of my head at the Pan-American [Judo] Championships in Argentina. I completely blacked out till the next morning.”
Rousey’s concerns were ignored. “I’d be treated like I was complaining about a headache. People would say: ‘Your head hurts? Suck it up. What if your head hurts during the Olympics?’ That’s how I was taught to deal with it from a very young age. It became a way of life.”<<
- enahs-sf 3y agoJudo as a sport has now gone out of its way to prevent this moving forward. Head diving for techniques and defense is now a disqualifying penalty and every coach and black belt (at least in the US) is required to maintain up to date concussion training annually.