Our Body’s “Chill Pill”
The endocannabinoid pathway is a pathway that the body does using naturally occurring endocannabinoids in the body. These endocannabinoids are neurotransmitters...
Month: November 2017
Help Without the High: The Journey to the Legalization of Medical Marijuana
Recently there has been more and more talk about the legalization of medical marijuana. There is a push for it because it can be used to treat pain, and it is l...
Medical Marijuana: The Highs and Lows
Marijuana & the Brain You’ve likely heard about the concept of medical marijuana and its accompanying politics, controversy, and potential benefits. Marijua...
What You Need to Know About Concussions
What do concussions do to your brain? One big reason concussions are so dangerous is that they cause an influx of ions going into your neurons. What does that m...
Measuring the Impact on the Brain: Concussions and How to Recover
Brain Injuries Concussions are considered to be TBIs (traumatic brain injuries). Most concussions are mild, but they can scale up to severe depending on the int...
Concussions: The 12th Man Perspective
A flag thrown, a player down on the field, a stretcher carrying them off the field, a game that moves on while a player is tested for concussions. The NFL is pr...
Cutting Football Some Slack
Featured Image: Author Football and New Equipment As many people know, football has been under a lot of scrutiny in recent years due to its high prevalence of c...
How Many Is Too Much: Concussion and What You Need to Do
Injuries can happen at any given time in a person’s life. Whether you are riding a bike, walking a dog, playing a sport or even going downstairs in your basemen...
The Impact of Concussion
Concussion is starting to be such a prevalent topic in our society. It seems as though we should be able to create better helmets and more pads to protect peopl...
Concussions: An Athlete’s Dilemma
Injuries are par for the course in sports. Athletes experience their fair share of muscle strains and tears, but perhaps the most severe injury is one that occu...