A new partnership between HIT and Sportway is helping bridge the gap between impact data and clinical care, supporting athletes with safer recovery and better long-term brain health.

Device welcomed by mountain biking world champion, Reece Wilson, and leading academic.

Experiencing three or more concussions is linked with worsened brain function in later life, according to new research.

While the effects of a concussion vary from person to person, there are some common signs and symptoms that can indicate the presence of a concussion. Here at HIT we can give you an early indication of the severity of a head impact.

“This accident changed my life and has continued to shape my perception of safety in cycling”. 

Originally a triathlete and now more commonly road cycling and gravel racing Brad shares his journey and experience of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) in Cycling. 

Since October 2020, Laurie Tennant has suffered from post-concussion syndrome. After being knocked out unconscious due to an accident on his Mountain Bike his life has not been the same. 

An explanation of the biomechanics of concussion and repeat HAE (head acceleration events), a description into the different research formats being used to increase the understanding of brain injury in the world of sport/neuroscience and finally, the future of brain injury analysis and how HIT is assisting science in furthering its understanding.

If you have been following HIT’s social media pages you will have seen that we now have our very own HIT.® Club page! 

Throughout this research review, we will discuss re-occurring attitudes and behaviours and how this can directly or indirectly affect concussion awareness, management, and reporting.

We took the opportunity to research more about the technology being used at the Tokyo 2020 Olympics, what with HIT being a sports tech company we felt this was a golden opportunity to highlight where Tech fits into Sport.

Headlining this research study is leading Neurologist and Traumatic Brain Injury Advocate, Dr William Stewart. In this article we will outline key findings and relate them to the work we are doing here at HIT. Our mission is to make Sport Safer – we will really emphasize the ‘I’ for IMPACT in HIT.

Providing advanced technologies that can aid reduced head impacts in young athletes will inspire more sporting activities with lesser fears from parents. 

In light of the Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee Government inquiry report and findings that have been released today, (22^nd July 2021), here at HIT we thought we would provide a condensed breakdown, with what this information means for us as a company, our audience and the wider Sporting networks. In this article we will outline where our product can aid in addressing some of the challenges you face as a participant as well as the grey conversations around concussion in Sport.

In 2003 Steve Thompson helped England win the World Cup, playing a part in one of the most memorable endings to a match. Now aged 43, he finds he has no memory of the match at all – and has been diagnosed with early onset dementia. Andy Bull describes how a group of former stars are launching a legal case against the sport’s governing bodies.

Former Canada international Jamie Cudmore has been supporting the ex-players at the centre of rugby union’s dementia crisis, drawing on his landmark legal case against his old club.

CTE can develop when the brain is subjected to numerous small blows or rapid movements – sometimes known as sub-concussions – and is associated with symptoms such as memory loss, depression and progressive dementia.

With football on the brink of banning heading in youth football we look at the Chris Suttons furious criticism of football’s authorities for playing it coy when it comes to supporting families and former professionals who have diagnosed dementia. His story speaks a scary truth that rings true in other sports.

Concussion has lots of attention in the media yet we have nothing available on the market that is taken seriously enough to prevent or aid recovery. If you suffer a head injury resulting in concussive symptoms, the recommended treatment is just rest and wait for your brain to recover.