NHL's Comp Provider Being Proactive, Where Does the NFLPA Stand on This?

NHL Worker's Comp Recognizing Concussion Measure, What About the NFL ? 

National Hockey League team dentists

around the league are learning of the benefits in becoming certified to make the Maher Mouth Guard. This evaluation protocol has helped players of all levels reduce the chances of

concussion from blows to the jaw. N.E. Patriot and Washington Capitals players have benefited from a preseason, prior to play evaluation protocol. In fact, one of the NHL's  major worker's compensation holder, is providing a benefit to implement this procedure in an effort to reduce concussion and iability to its compensation payout's due to concussion. As a return to play initiative, it should be considered for a mandate.

Many of these Washington

Capitals players had concussion historys, once fitted with the Maher Mouth

Guard, results this year were astounding, reducing the cost of concussion to the system.

Paula Duffy, National Sports Examiner for

Examiner.com and regular contributor to The

Huffington Post wrote an article (“If a Simple

Mouth Guard Can Prevent Concussions, Why

Isn’t the NFL All Over It?”) that has ignited

interest in and directed attention towards ways

to reduce or prevent the alarming number of

sports-related concussions, especially in the

National Football League. NFLPA executives should take notice of this precedent set in the NHL.

Duffy’s column in the Examiner.com

expressed concern for

St. Louis Rams quarterback Trent Green and

his return to the field after suffering two

concussions in one calendar year, one

especially severe. These types of injuries rob the compensation fund and raise premiums, specifically when they come in large numbers and leave players out for long periods.

New England Patriots team dentist Dr.

Gerald Maher, of Mahercor Laboratories

(recently featured in ESPN articles), has

developed the Maher Mouth Guard. This

protective device aids in the prevention of

concussions for all athletes participating in

contact sports, from professionals to youth

players.

Dr. Maher said, in a 2007 Boston Globe

article, that the current NFL-approved helmet

chin strap directly contributes to concussions

that arise from a blow to the jaw.

It positions the jawbone tightly against the

skull, resulting in joint cartilage derangement

and increases the likelihood of traumatizing

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