"If you get a little headache, you’re not going to say anything. This is football, and every-one gets their heads rattled a little bit." Indianapolis Colt's Jamie Silva once said. Nowadays the concussion numbers are increasing more and more as the years are going by. Signs and symptoms are major problems in concussions. Concussions in all different kinds of sports are causing brain damage to kids in elementary school all the way to the pro's. Some of the most important things to do, is after the concussion happens, because that will decide if you have a healthy concussion recovery or not. The effects of concussions have reprehensible damage.
Signs and symptoms have a major role in concussions. "A symptom is a physical or mental feature that …show more content…
From two-thousand two, to two-thousand sixteen the concussions rates in the National Football League have increased. Since two-thousand sixteen until present day, the rates have dropped eleven-point three percent. That means fewer players are actually being concussion or fewer players are stepping forward and admitting they think they have, or have a concussion. The National Football League is doing a lot to try and de-crease the concussion rates. Since two-thousand three, the league has added forty-two rules to protect the players. Constantly the league is adding more rules. One of the forty-two rules to try and prevent concussions was every team could only have a certain amount of full contact practic-es. Therefore, they could not tackle and go hard at every single …show more content…
The players are just as big and bad. Thirty-six percent of college athletes have a history of multiple concussions. In fact, a lot of players will not tell the doctor if they feel like they may have a concussion, just to continue to play. However, if you keep playing with a concussion, it can not only get worse, but also double or even triple your recovery time. In May of two-thousand fourteen, the "Nation Col-legiate Athletic Association announced that the United States Department of Defense and NCAA are coming together to donate thirty million dollars to fund the most comprehensive clin-ical study of concussion and head impact exposure ever conducted" (NCAA). The study will give assessments to more than thirty-seven thousand students, and repeats to those who have a concussion. As a result of the assessments it can determine the concussion rates in the college level sports
Signs and symptoms have a major role in concussions. "A symptom is a physical or mental feature that …show more content…
From two-thousand two, to two-thousand sixteen the concussions rates in the National Football League have increased. Since two-thousand sixteen until present day, the rates have dropped eleven-point three percent. That means fewer players are actually being concussion or fewer players are stepping forward and admitting they think they have, or have a concussion. The National Football League is doing a lot to try and de-crease the concussion rates. Since two-thousand three, the league has added forty-two rules to protect the players. Constantly the league is adding more rules. One of the forty-two rules to try and prevent concussions was every team could only have a certain amount of full contact practic-es. Therefore, they could not tackle and go hard at every single …show more content…
The players are just as big and bad. Thirty-six percent of college athletes have a history of multiple concussions. In fact, a lot of players will not tell the doctor if they feel like they may have a concussion, just to continue to play. However, if you keep playing with a concussion, it can not only get worse, but also double or even triple your recovery time. In May of two-thousand fourteen, the "Nation Col-legiate Athletic Association announced that the United States Department of Defense and NCAA are coming together to donate thirty million dollars to fund the most comprehensive clin-ical study of concussion and head impact exposure ever conducted" (NCAA). The study will give assessments to more than thirty-seven thousand students, and repeats to those who have a concussion. As a result of the assessments it can determine the concussion rates in the college level sports