Gary Turner
@SmilerTurner
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13x World Champion Sportsman, PhD student in the behavioural effects of head impacts in combat sports, hypnotherapist, personal trainer and combat sport coach
England
Joined February 2009
This is what the rugby researchers do in order to dictate the narrative, why I question everything from any of their science team. How can players be able to give informed consent when rugby conspires with the @BJSM_BMJ to avoid criticism?
How did researchers and the BJSM, in a hurry to counter an editorial questioning ethics, make around a 100 changes to an already published paper, changing the research question, and the year of data collection changed from 2019/20 to 2018/19 (and the data remained the same).
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Motor Nueron Disease is one of the many neurodegenerstice disorders that can arise out.of years of RHI exposure. Until we start talking about reducing exposure, the problem will not go away
metro.co.uk
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Former Wales rugby star, diagnosed with dementia at 40, says kids shouldn’t play contact sports until age 16 😔😢😡🙏❤️🏉🧠
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This. Hits. Home.
Everytime I give a talk…no matter the size or background of the audience I get at least 10% approaching me afterwards to share their trauma/struggles/story or just connect about mental health. 😢 WE ARE NOT ALONE IN THIS! Today is World Mental Health day…and despite being run
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Dr Willie Stewart and researchers at the University of Glasgow found that former rugby players may be up to 15 times more likely to develop motor neuron disease (MND). We need preventative strategies to protect our players and protect the future of the game. #ProtectOurPlayers
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@FreddieOos2285 @Clampy007 @Gordon_maclean1 @SkySportsRugby For the final time, scrum caps offer absolutely no protection against head and brain injuries and concussion. Therefore we will not advocate for them - nor do World Rugby, any of the Unions or any of the medics involved with rugby union.
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Fantastic summary piece on brain damage in sport. This concerns itself with CTE - Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy It is actually an easy read, though will make anyone in contact sports 'un'easy. https://t.co/2hrCi8fzIK
PLEASE READ AND SHARE 🙏❤️🏉🧠A note from BU CTE Center director Ann McKee, MD | CTE Center
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#Infographic 📸 Keep an eye on vision after concussion 🤕 Screening tool and procedure for the two most common concussion-related vision disorders: convergence insufficiency and accommodative insufficiency Read here 👉 https://t.co/vc9mqx7klE
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How many more of our rugby family have to lose their lives before @worldrugby sit up and listen? Every ex and current player is owed a duty of care by you. Stop the denial! Neurodegenerative disease is real and it’s destroying too many lives in the rugby family 😡😔😢🙏❤️🏉🧠
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#CTE We all know the real reason they don’t say there is no safe age for contact sports @ChrisNowinski1
@bu_cte
@ConcussionLF
@Rich_CoatesCTE
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How many times does Bill Sweeny the CEO of the RFU say it’s a sad week. 5 years ago “We believe that everything is being done and will continue to be done to make sure it is a safe “ You’re really not though are you Bill….. you care about commercials not players 😡😢🏉🧠
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@AlixPopham @barbedquill @WorldRugby @RFU @WelshRugbyUnion @AllBlacks @NZRugby @allianz_stad @Allianz @Dove @umbro @UmbroUK @GuinnessIreland @SixNationsRugby @GuinnessGB @Honda @CBRE @O2 @British_Airways @Mastercard @MastercardUK @HSBC_UK @HSBC @emirates @MacronSports @ProgressiveRug So more on McCory and his gang….Michael Turner a very good friend of his 10 years ago denied now we have Grant Iverson who has taken up the mantel to denounce any links. Despite McCory being disgraced the authors still celebrate his work and continue there denial 😡🧠🏉😢
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“You are 15 times more likely to get motor neurone disease if you play international rugby” Hugely moved watching @AlixPopham speaking earlier @GBNEWS about the link between head injuries in Rugby & MND after the sad news of @lewismoody7 diagnosis. @Head4Change @melliebrampops
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@AlixPopham @barbedquill @WorldRugby The disgraced and influential Paul McCory helped to poison the concussion narrative. Financed by sport, head of CISG, former editor of BJSM. Plagiarism and more...to privilege sport over its medical position. 20 yrs of denial 😡😢🧠🏉 https://t.co/DzsxjsG6F4
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With all the talk of Tom Curry and head collisions and refereeing interpretations and what is safe for the game, there is one man who should be front and centre
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Thoughts extended to Lewis Moody on his MND diagnosis. Sports uncomfortable relationship with MND are a real concern. The same people who dismissed the link of repeated brain trauma and early onset dementia a decade ago make the same mistake with MND🏉🧠😢 https://t.co/IgwaJTtepn
bbc.co.uk
BBC Breakfast presenter Sally Nugent reflects on her interview with Lewis Moody, in which he revealed his motor neurone disease diagnosis.
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It appears that Imane Khelif sent all required medical information to World Boxing, chased through her lawyer, and World Boxing still did not process the information? Looks like there's more to play out ...
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In 2008 have mindsets really changed? If you’re in any doubt to rugbys attitudes and uncomfortable relationships towards brain health and repeated head trauma this is further evidence of outdated practices. This doesn’t toughen the brain 😒😡😢🧠🏉 https://t.co/uTyjpXolrF
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All sports journalists please contact World Boxing and ask them for the research that shows the SRY gene conveys an advantage in their sport. I guarantee that they have zero such research?????
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Colombian court orders volleyball league to reverse its ban on trans women players: Judges Cabo & Cuartos argued there is no scientific evidence to suggest that trans athletes have an inherent competitive advantage over sisgender athletes. https://t.co/hrS17DWNfi
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