New Testing and High Performance Products Improve Football Helmets

October 18, 2011; Woodstock, CT – As the football season reaches its peak, so does news about football-related head injuries. In a sport where up players up to and over 200 pounds barrel into each other at intense speeds, it is easy to understand why. Football-related head injury has come under increased scrutiny due to players reporting later effects of memory loss, speech impediments, and depression. The American Association of Neurological Surgeons estimates that 300,000 head injuries in the U.S. are incurred while playing football at all levels. “There has been an extraordinary