Two questions. How old should kids be before being allowed to participate in full contact martial arts (be it boxing, MMA, kickboxing etc)? How much should kids (or their parents) know about brain trauma within these sports before they are truly making an informed decision to participate? Society regulates the ability of kids to consent … More How Old Should Kids Be To Consent To Brain Trauma?
CTE is more common than many doctors recognize. As a disease without a cure some people wrongly believe nothing can be done to assist when suffering from this progressive disorder linked to repeated brain trauma. If you are combat sports athlete and suspect you are suffering from the disease making sure your doctor is familiar … More Helping Your Doctor Help You With CTE
Boston University and the University of California San Francisco are calling for men and women over 50 who have over 5 years experience in contact sport (including boxing, MMA or full contact martial arts) to volunteer for research to help shed light light on (and hopefully be able to better treat and prevent) long term … More Former Contact Athletes Needed To Research Long Term Cognitive and Mood Problems
Adding to this site’s data base of combat sports safety studies, a recent article was published in latest edition of The Journal of Eating Disorders finding ‘alarming’ weight cutting behaviours that can “have serious ramifications both short- and long-term and even cause death” in youth combat sports athletes. In the article, titled Patterns of Weight Cycling in … More Research Finds “Alarming” Rapid Weight Cutting Practices in Youth Combat Sports
An informative paper was recently published canvassing peer reviewed research in MMA covering a host of topics from weight cutting, to performance metrics to injury data and more. The paper, titled Exploratory Systematic Review of Mixed Martial Arts: An Overview of Performance of Importance Factors with over 20,000 Athletes, covers much of what is known … More Host of Dangers Associated With Rapid Weight Cuts in MMA Highlighted
Most jurisdictions limit pro women’s boxing to two minute rounds while men can have three. Contrast this to MMA where women and men compete under the exact same ruleset without any notable disparity in injury rates for women. The old rule limitations seems to be based on sexism, not science. Two commissions appear readyt to … More Colorado and Likely California Bringing Three Minute Rounds to Women’s Pro Boxing
This week the Nevada Athletic Commission published a “Public Notice of Workshop To Solicit Comments on Proposed Regulations and Workshop Agenda” seeking public feedback on a host of potential regulatory changes. Among the proposed changes is a new regulation clarifying that if a promoter fails to provide required medical coverage the regulator has the power … More Nevada Seeks Amendment To Hold Deadbeat Promoters Accountable For Injury Costs
There is no shortage of combat sports promoters trying to invent new gimmicks to catch the public’s interest. Enter “Ice Wars”. Hockey fights without the hockey. In MMA gloves. The above clip is from an event that took place today at the River Cree Resort and Casino. Located in Alberta, Canada on land owned by … More The Questionable Legality of “Ice Wars”
Well, sort of. Read on. A definitive diagnosis of CTE (a chronic, degenerative and presently uncurbable disease linked to cumulative brain trauma) is only possible during an autopsy meaning the person with the disease is dead. But… If a person is suspected to be living with CTE there are consensus criteria for making the diagnosis. … More Yes CTE Can Be Diagnosed in the Living
Adding to this site’s data base of combat sports safety studies, a recent article was published in the latest edition of the Journal of Combat Sports Medicine calling for the industry to standardize post concussion protocols in boxing. Written by Dr. Nitin Sethi, neurologist and chief physician with the New York State Athletic Commission, the physician … More Ringside Doctor Calls For Standardized Post Concussion Protocols in Boxing
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