Concussion and CTE are critical occupational dangers of fight sports activities. Regardless of these dangers many have a false sense of perception within the ‘safety’ provided by gloves and headgear.

According to the Association of Ringside Physicians “Headguards shouldn’t be relied upon to scale back the danger of concussion or different traumatic mind harm. They haven’t been proven to stop all these accidents in fight sports activities or different sports activities”

Gloves defend an athletes arms, not their opponents brains.

Many individuals in fight sports activities don’t totally respect these necessary info.

In line with Dr. Charles Bernick, the main doctor of the Cleveland Clinic’s Skilled Athletes Mind Well being Research, the skilled boxers and MMA athletes that he has studied “do have an curiosity in studying extra about concussions and methods to coach extra safely however have no idea the place and now to entry this information”.

To this finish the Athletes Voice Committee, a committee shaped final 12 months by the Affiliation of Boxing Commissions and Combative Sports activities to assist in giving athletes extra say within the regulatory course of and their respective sports activities, have put ahead a standard sense request. That each fight sports activities glove, shinguard and headgear producer print a blunt warning on their product addressing their security limitations.

This measure, if adopted, would put essential data actually within the athletes arms each time they gear as much as practice.

Beneath is the complete Athletes Voice Committee assertion together with Dr. Bernick’s endorsement.

Will probably be nice to see which gear producer is ready to point out the management essential to be first in following this well being and security instructional suggestion.