News broke this week about the retirement of Kevin Doyle, a Republic of Ireland international footballer, who has retired on medical advice due to repeated headaches. Doyle has most recently been playing in the MLS, for Colorado Rapids. Doyle said he wanted “to avoid the possibility of these symptoms becoming Read more…
New research into heading a football has identified “significant” changes in brain function from routine heading practice. The study from the University of Stirling is the first to detect direct changes after players are exposed to everyday head impacts, as opposed to clinical brain injuries like concussion. The findings come Read more…
We are about to obtain compensation for a Sheffield pensioner in his eighties who suffered multiple injuries when he fell over due to a dangerous defect in a local supermarket car park. He was lucky not to suffer a serious head injury and is likely to be left with permanent Read more…
I have been assisting my colleague, James Drydale, on a recent case involving a missed sub-dural haematoma, which has had a devastating impact on our client. What is a sub-dural haematoma and what does a misdiagnosis mean? A sub-dural haematoma is a very serious condition which is usually caused by Read more…