{"id":20616,"date":"2017-07-26T08:47:44","date_gmt":"2017-07-26T12:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/college.unc.edu\/?p=20616"},"modified":"2024-07-02T16:36:34","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T16:36:34","slug":"well-said-concussions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/?p=20616","title":{"rendered":"Well Said: Concussions"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-medium wp-image-20617\" src=\"\/\/casdev.unc.edu\/collegearchive\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/44\/2017\/07\/wellsaidspotlight-300x205.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"205\" srcset=\"https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/07\/wellsaidspotlight-300x205.jpg 300w, https:\/\/collegearchive.unc.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/21\/2017\/07\/wellsaidspotlight.jpg 440w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/>From youth sports to the NFL, talk about concussions and their damaging effects has dominated the sports world for the past decade.<\/p>\n<p>But through the work of centers like UNC-Chapel Hill\u2019s <span class=\"st\">Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center<\/span>, researchers are learning how to better manage the injury and protect the athletes.<\/p>\n<p>With fall sports gearing up in the coming weeks, we talk about concussions and managing them with Johna Register-Mihalik, an assistant professor of exercise and sports science with the <span class=\"st\">Matthew Gfeller Sport-Related Traumatic Brain Injury Research Center and the Injury Prevention Research Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><em>Join UNC every other Wednesday for the University\u2019s &#8220;Well Said&#8221; podcast as they talk with Carolina\u2019s newsmakers and experts. Each episode, students, faculty, staff and alumni will discuss what\u2019s going on in classrooms, labs and around campus, and how it pertains to the local, national and international headlines.<\/em><\/p>\n<div class=\"ast-oembed-container \" style=\"height: 100%;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Well Said: Concussions by Well Said\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/w.soundcloud.com\/player\/?visual=true&#038;url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F334911666&#038;show_artwork=true&#038;maxheight=750&#038;maxwidth=500\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From youth sports to the NFL, talk about concussions and their damaging effects has dominated the sports world for the past decade. 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