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Can getting hit in the face with a soccer ball cause a concussion. Proper heading involves contracting the neck muscles so the head is more rigidly fixed to the trunk of the body and hitting. Girls Will Be Girls. As evidence mounts that excessively heading a soccer ball can.

Over time repeated subconcussive injuries can also accumulate and cause brain damage. Just like people every concussion is unique. Cardone said but youre more likely to get it from colliding with another player in the process.

What are the signs and symptoms of concussion. It has become clear that impact sports like football and boxing can cause long-term brain damage. A concussion is a traumatic brain injury.

In fact healthcare professionals in the field of brain injury often say If youve seen one concussion youve seen one concussion. Now soccer is coming under scrutiny. Concussions are the result of a blow or jolt to the head that disrupts the normal function of the brain.

A concussion may result from a direct blow to the head face neck or elsewhere on the body where the force of the blow is transmitted to the head. You do not have to get knocked out to sustain a concussion. Heading is involved in only 15 to 25 of concussions in soccer and most of those are a result of poorly executed headers where two players hit heads Kontos said based on his knowledge of.

However in some cases a big blow to the body can create a whiplash effect and send a painful or possibly damaging impact to the head. Getting hit with a golf ball can cause a lot of different things so its not extremely often but it does happen Brodersen said. A person does not need to be knocked out lose consciousness or pass out to have had a concussion.