Are you ready for Super Bowl LI? After learning about sub-concussive hits, concussions, and post-concussive symptoms, perhaps you’ll find yourself watching next week’s game in a whole new light! I know that I’ve certainly become more attuned to the plays and strategies used in football, not to mention the not-so-subtle interactions... Yet, I was still surprised by the findings from a recent study published in the New York Times that shared information that was gathered from a

Having spent the better part of 2016 working with professional athletes- many of them being NFL players- I was pleased to read an article in this month’s Monitor on Psychology highlighting an initiative that was launched by the National Football League to improve the mental wellbeing of it’s players. Called the Total Wellness program*, NFL players are being provided with education about topics such as stress management and healthy relationships in order to minimize the possib

Whether you’re a football fan or not, there’s a good chance that you’ve heard rumblings about lawsuits directed towards the NFL, concussions, and something called CTE. So what exactly is CTE and what’s all the controversy about? CTE is the abbreviation for a neurological condition called Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. Despite what you might think, CTE is not a “new” disease. It has been described in one form or another for nearly 100 years now, albeit usually in reference