How Occipital Nerve Surgery Helped Retired Soccer Star Briana Scurry

For retired soccer star Briana Scurry, bilateral occipital nerve release surgery was the first, significant step to relieving her debilitating post-concussive headaches.

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Posted on BrainLine January 22, 2014.

Produced by Christian Lindstrom, Justin Rhodes, and Victoria Tilney McDonough, BrainLine.

 

About the author: Briana Scurry

Briana Scurry is widely thought of as one of the world’s best female soccer goalkeepers. After being named starting goalkeeper for the United States women’s national soccer team in 1994, she helped lead the team in two Olympic gold medals (1996 and 2004), a World Cup  championship (1999), and she had 173 international appearances — a record among female soccer players.

Black and white headshot of Briana Scurry