Concussions in Performing Arts: Have You Lost Your Mind?

Concussions in Performing Arts: Have You Lost Your Mind?

Written by Jeffrey A. Russell, PhD, AT, FIADMS, Ohio University

Concussions are as much a performing artist’s concern as a football player’s, or hockey player’s, or rugby player’s. Few injuries are as well publicized in sport than concussions. It can be a scary injury, especially when we regularly see its unfortunate consequences. Yet, for all the voices raised to reduce head injury in sport, why is the auditorium virtually silent about the same injury in performing arts?

This article was written for 2020 Spring Safety Scene Magazine.