http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/girls/ Introducing brilliant authors to the blogosphere. Sat, 21 Nov 2009 22:43:07 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/girls/comment-page-1/#comment-146042 Laura Fri, 30 May 2008 15:22:41 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1847#comment-146042 A mouth guard that could cut concussions would be brilliant. Your point about prevention is key -- and something that for female athletes has been a latecomer to public consciousness. Perhaps the issue is that girls were just "playing" while boys were engaged in athletic combat? We need to promote girls conditioning and training -- and the right kind, not just any old thing to build random strength or speed. A mouth guard that could cut concussions would be brilliant. Your point about prevention is key — and something that for female athletes has been a latecomer to public consciousness. Perhaps the issue is that girls were just “playing” while boys were engaged in athletic combat? We need to promote girls conditioning and training — and the right kind, not just any old thing to build random strength or speed.

]]> http://blog.oup.com/2008/05/girls/comment-page-1/#comment-146029 Steve Fri, 30 May 2008 03:06:02 +0000 http://blog.oup.com/?p=1847#comment-146029 Females, it is proven, have a more sensitive jaw area in terms of truama. Making them more suceptable to cartilage damage in the Temporal mandibular joint. Trainers at Northeastern have been notified of a procedure used by the N.E. Patriots and now recognized by the military. A corrective measure that employs an othrodontic like mouth guard, may be the answer to the majority of concussions in sports. www.mahercor.com for more info on the story Females, it is proven, have a more sensitive jaw area in terms of truama. Making them more suceptable to cartilage damage in the Temporal mandibular joint. Trainers at Northeastern have been notified of a procedure used by the N.E. Patriots and now recognized by the military. A corrective measure that employs an othrodontic like mouth guard, may be the answer to the majority of concussions in sports. http://www.mahercor.com for more info on the story

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