By: Alexandra Sifferlin
Source: Time
From boxing to football to soccer, athletes can receive a concussion. Concussions can have a great damage to one's brain, but it will linger after the symptoms. These symptoms include: dizziness, headaches, and memory loss fade. These symptoms can remain for months before the substantial damage occurs. It can also cause serious health problems; such as depression, leading towards Alzheimer's and spreading to other brain injuries. Athletes genuinely suffer the most from concussion, due to the adrenaline rush of competing; they do not let anything come in their way of being on top. Health officials have been trying to think of a way to create better equipment for these athletes. What they have discovered was the best concussion-proof helmets ever created. These helmets can lower the risk of brain injuries. Researchers have proven that athletes who wear mouth guards and helmets act aggressively, reasoning that their equipment is surely protective towards anything. In fact those protective equipments are not certainly beneficial towards one's health. Researchers have shown that there cannot be a helmet incredibly protective towards concussions. This helmet that was created in not completely concussion-proof, but researchers found it to lower the risk of a concussion by 54%. This helmet is called the Riddell Revolution. The Riddell Revolution proves to lower the impact on the brain, rather than those athletes who wore the VSR4.
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