Hard Knocks:Truth About Concussions

Former Vice Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army, General Chiarelli discusses how repeated exposure to concussions in the military and in impact sports can lead to devastating and potentially irreversible brain injuries.

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[Damien Sinclair]

I've been concussed 3 times this year and it was only by the third time that I found a doctor that educated me as to the damage that was beeping done. Education is the key for all people to know what really happens. Thanks for the great video

[THNKR]

Glad you found a doctor who took the time to share with you the dangers of repeated head trauma. Thanks for watching.

[TelescopeNoir]

I have so much respect for this man. I can't even imagine the pressures put on him to not introduce the codes he did for the military because men are supposed to tough it out.

[TheAirsoftking14]

THIS IS NOT VSAUCE!

[lamichael19]

No, THIS IS PATRICK!!!

[Revolcisum420]

possibly using your head to hit the ball but that would be either male or female soccer

[SamuraiKage1]

Way to go General!

[TheBloodyBasterd]

I didn't get the girl soccer part

[Jakathera]

I wish he'd talked more about the longterm effects of getting concussions. Research has shown that those people who get concussions have a MUCH higher chance of getting some sort of brain disease later in life - from major (suicidal) depression to dementia and Alzheimer's disease.

[funkinalive]

Having a doctorate in biomechanics and working in our labs to improve helmet safety, i will kindly disagree with the statement that helmets will more likely cause the injury to occur. i can understand his concern about a false sense of safety when using a helmet, but going over the statistics for contact sports such as rugby and comparing head injuries with the NFL, there is not much of a difference in the stats (find articles at PubMed such as Shuttleworth Edwards et al and many others for NFL)

[martinmcr83]

lol same here

[Kayserili38ification]

yep after that gay kid preaching... and seeing this i unsubscribed.

[86Pennywise666]

LOL! but me, too, dude. Because the video was linked under a prodigy-fighter kid... So that would have been a suitable answer.