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MPR News with Angela Davis
Cari Dwyer and Angela Davis
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The impacts of repeated concussions

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A model of a human brain. Recent research has shown that every concussion is different and needs a tailored approach to help patients recover.
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Two weeks ago, the quarterback for the Miami Dolphins suffered his third diagnosed concussion in two years. He won’t be back on the field for at least a few weeks. But some fans have suggested he should retire from his young NFL career.

And last week, while testifying at a congressional hearing about allegedly misusing welfare funds, former Green Bay Packers quarterback Brett Favre announced he has Parkinson’s disease. Favre’s diagnosis has raised questions about the link between repeated concussions and neurological disorders.

How many concussions are too many? MPR News host Angela Davis talks with two doctors about how repeated concussions can affect us and the different ways to treat them.  

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MPR News host Angela Davis (left) talks with Dr. Jacqueline Palmer (right), an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School and doctor of physical therapy, in an MPR News studio in St. Paul on Monday.
Nikhil Kumaran | MPR News

Guests:

  • Dr. Michael Kasprzak is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School. He is a physical medicine and rehabilitation physician —a physiatrist— and the director of the Concussion Clinic at M Health Fairview.

  • Dr. Jacqueline Palmer is an assistant professor at the University of Minnesota Medical School. She is a doctor of physical therapy and has a PhD in biomechanics and movement sciences.

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