We welcome our new doc, Marc Harwood, MD, to SMOT and Virtua to do an excellent and long overdue show on concussions.  We all saw Tua take a moderately hard hit and wind up with another concussion and posturing.  We discuss what this might mean for him as well as anticipated treatments and timelines.  We review some of the preventative measures football has already taken including helmets, caps and collars and how effective these measures might be.

Episode 114 - Tua Tagovailoa & Concussion, Dr. Marc Harwood

Toyota development and current Venturini Motorsports driver Isabella Robusto joins Davey Segal (6:55) to discuss her unique background in motorsports and already impressive career to this point. She explains how she prepares for a race during the week and on the weekend, how she eventually won over her mom (literally) after being a bit skeptical of her racing at a young age, what it was like competing directly against her brother on track and how the progression up the ladder was for her.

She also dives into the concussion she suffered at Hickory in a late model crash and the 10+ month recovery that followed, what she learned during the process and why she's an advocate for educating other female racers about the importance of head injuries, the memorable first trip to an intermediate track this season for Venturini Motorsports, why she's majoring in aerospace engineering at Arizona State while racing full-time, getting the call from Toyota to be a part of their driver development program, how she approaches being a woman in a male-dominated industry and more, including her escapades as a kicker for her high school football team, sneaker collecting hobbies, her path to eventually become a Cup Series driver and more.

Davey also chats about Shane van Gisbergen's Chicago Street Course win, the success of the event in year three, looks ahead to Sonoma and Papa Segal pays homage to Tony Glover.

Episode 278: Isabella Robusto

Welcome to the place everybody wants to be: Victory Lane! Davey Segal hosts your one stop shop for all things NASCAR, including in-depth interviews, discussion, news and more.

Steven Frey, a sports medicine board certified orthopeadic surgeon and Brandon Olaya, a certified athletic trainer, will be talking about the injuries of current athletes and what those injuries may mean for the athlete.  In a relaxed format, we will explain the injury, treatment options, and expected return to sport as well career impact.  We will have various guests - physicians, physical therapists, athletic trainers and some athletes talking shop.   Intended to be a little more light hearted than this topic is usually presented...   over a couple beers.

New tracks tagged #Concussion Recovery