• dogslayeggs@lemmy.world
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      That’s an extremely common medical device for athletes who are either recovering from a face injury or are often in situations where they can get elbows to the face. Basketball centers, soccer goal keepers, rugby players in general.

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      It was originally due to a head injury and concussion but now they keep wearing it for protection. All that diving a goalkeeper does, they take a lot of impacts to the head.