But if the trough level can be higher, it might make life easier for the patients, allowing them to, for instance, take up athletics with
less fear of injury.
Student - athletes will benefit the most from reduced exposure to potentially injurious blows and from what one calls the «conundrum
of having to self - report an
injury that they may not recognize as being potentially injurious or dangerous in the moment
of competition,» or, as recent studies suggest, that athletes know are potentially dangerous but choose not to report because they
fear being punished by the coach for doing so, such as by removing them from a starting position, reducing future playing time, or inferring in front
of teammates that reporting symptoms made them «weak» or
less «manly»; and