Category Archives: injuries
Concussion Treatments Then and Now
Lots in the press lately about concussions and the scourge they are in the game today. I couldn’t agree more. Having said that, I doubt there is any way to eliminate them from the game short of removing contact and … Continue reading
When Your Feet Aren’t Cold Anymore, That’s Not Always Good News
When I was nine, we moved from a house in the city to one just outside the city in Peterborough’s north end. I had a buddy (Lorenzo De Marchi) who lived across the street and we used to go to … Continue reading
Is there a Doctor in the house?
You can tell where this post is going right from the title, can’t you? I was thinking the other day of the most painful hits I took when I played contact hockey, which is thankfully a long way back in … Continue reading
Filed under Body Checks Taken, injuries
Don’t Let Them Shoot!
It looked like he had an egg underneath the skin on the side of his neck, I thought as I looked down at our fallen goalie as he lay writhing in the goal crease. Not good, not good at all. … Continue reading
