Texas traumatic brain injury lawyers

Extreme Sports Extreme Injuries

A sport can be played with balls, wheels, or boards and regardless of the game’s objective, someone can always get hurt. It is no wonder that the most essential tool in sports like football, skateboarding, and dirt bike racing is not speed or strength, but a helmet. An estimated 300,000 sports-related traumatic brain injuries, or TBI’s, occur in the United States each year.

Concussions

Most sports related TBI’s are classified as a concussion, which is a temporary altered brain status that is the result of trauma to the head. Athletes who have already suffered one TBI are at greater risk for another concussion. A series of mild brain injuries over an extended period of time, months, or years, can result in cumulative neurological and cognitive deficits. Being continually subjected to mild brain injuries in a short period of time, days or weeks, can be fatal.

Second Impact Syndrome

Second Impact Syndrome results from successive, seemingly mild concussions in a short period of time. These concussions on their own would not be particularly life threatening, however their risk of fatality if heightened by the close proximity of their occurrence. This is caused by the acute, usually fatal, brain swelling that occurs when a second concussion is sustained before complete recovery from a previous concussion. The swelling leads to vascular congestion and increased intracranial pressure.

If you or a loved one has suffered a traumatic brain injury while participating in a sport, contact the Texas traumatic brain injury lawyers of Williams Kherkher at 866.960.9000 to discuss your case and further legal options.