If you’ve ever seen a football game you know that the fans react loudest when players score. The second loudest reaction by fans occurs when a player takes or delivers a nasty hit. When there is a direct blow to the head in these collisions players may get a mild traumatic brain injury, also known as a concussion. Sports related concussions have been on a steady rise with more and more people getting involved in organized sports. From the youth league to college and all the way up to the pros, concussions have been tormenting the game of football.…
We don’t have that here. As a result, there are no concrete answers.” Cantry added, “It’s like playing Russian Roulette” meaning, receiving a second concussion before the first one has healed, could result in potentially catastrophic injury. According to the Institute of Medicine and National Research Council determined last October, high school athletes suffer concussions nearly twice the rate of college players; Furthermore, according to McDowell, high school athletes “receive inconsistent treatment plans for those potentially life-threating injuries.”…
Concussion are the common occurence injury sports amoung high school, college and professional athletes. A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to the head or body, a fall or another injury that shakes the brain. Sports concussion often result in meantal and physical symptoms. Symptoms like dizziness, balance, fatigue, headache, forgetfulness, and not being able to concentrate. If the athlete sleeps a lot this could mean he has a concussion, but alos if he is not sleeping he could also have a concussion.…
A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury that occurs when a head impact jars or shakes the brain inside the skull. Gabe Henderson, wide receiver for the Louisiana High School football team, has had two concussions while in high school. Football accounts for 64-76% of all high school sport affiliated concussions. On average, one in every five high school athletes will suffer from a concussion this year. Gabe’s 2015 football season was cut short when he became one of these unfortunate student athletes.…
Concussions aren’t the only injury that can occur during or after the initial injury. “Second Impact Syndrome occurs while the brain is recovering from an injury and suffers another blow” and “if the brain’s ability to regulate blood flow is obstructed, a patient can die in as little as three minutes” (“Head”). Second Impact Syndrome is the reason why after a player is concussed; he has to sit out for the rest of the game to prevent further injury. Sometimes, in professional sports, the player has to go to a special room so he doesn’t become distracted or strain his brain further. Most players in high school sports have experienced injuries and some have attempted to play through them.…
Thesis: Educating young athletes is the most effective way to reduce concussions in sports. . I. Introduction A. Topic 1. Research question: Why coaching training is the best approach to decrease concussions in the youth.…
The video Big Hits, Broken Dreams revolved around Concussions and Traumatic Brain Injuries of high school football athletes. It is something that athletes are all too familiar with on a daily basis. Just one single hit could end up being more fatal than anyone would think about. Concussions are very common with those who play rigorous sports because of the constant person-to-person contact or even contact of the object they play with, like a football. One issue with this is the idea of do the risks outweigh the benefits to young people playing sports.…
The Centers for Disease control estimates more than 300,000 sports-related concussions occur each year in the United States. A concussion is a brain injury characterized by an onset of impairment of cognitive and/or physical functioning. Even though concussions are considered "invisible injuries", they are still very serious head injuries that can have long lasting affects even 30 years later. Athletes shouldn't be able to participate in any physical activity until they are evaluated and signed off by a medical professional not just signed off by their coach. Concussions are serious head injuries that can affect a person's life up to 30 years after they get said concussion.…
The earlier notice of the concussion can be for the better or for the worst for a player returning to a game. If the player is disoriented, slow to speak, and the pupils are dialated they have suffered a mild to sever concussion. They should be immediately removed from the game and be cared for medically as quick as possible. The unknowing eye plays such a big role in sports because players will not realize a concussion if they have never experienced one before. Athletes will continue to play if an concussion has been sustained once before if not checked out by trainers.…
Concussions are dangerous. Recently, some light has been shed on one of the newest yet most pressing issues of the most recent years. Concussions, a potentially fatal outcome from high impact collisions in aggressive sports. At a professional level, competitors are at an all time high in their athletic ability. Although there are much worse and life threatening injuries in sports, concussions are a common injury that can happen multiple times.…
Explanation: The equipment you use for football protects athletes, but if you use it wrong it may harm you so coaches should teach you the proper technique to hit an opponent and coaches also parents should teach good sportsmanship to minimize unnecessary aggression on the field. Conclusion: All things considered, it seems that concussions can be a big effect on athletes careers. Football leagues have been eliminating things to prevent brain injuries to athletes. As leagues improve football will still be a physical and risky sport but will have less head injuries which can lead to a bad concussion which isn’t a joke because it’s different types of concussions.…
A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that can alters an individual mental position with or without the loss of consciousness. Concussions usually happens when a person gets ding or gets their bell rung during a collision with someone or something. Every year there is an estimate between 1.6 and 3.8 million concussion occur in the United States as a result of participation in football. A concussion takes time to heal properly; most people continue to play when they are diagnosed with concussion symptoms.…
The Concussion protocol Unlike a broken ankle or other injuries you can feel with your hand, or see on an X-ray, a concussion is a disruption of how the brain works. – USA football & CDC. Football is the number one sport in causes of concussions for teenage athletes in The United States and the safety of our athletes should be our number one priority, but some organizations focus more on the wins than their player’s health. Because of these reasons and others I will divulge on, I feel that the NFL and other football organizations should focus more on the safety of their athletes, especially high school and college athletes. Concussions have been a growing problem and need to be looked at more closely.…
For a very long time, concussions have haunted all levels of the game of football. And for the most part, those injuries have been overlooked. A concussion can be defined as a collision between a person’s head, and another surface (Miller). Concussions can be found not only be found in the game of football, but also in car accidents and other falls. According to The McGeorge Law Review “A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that occurs when the head or body receives a blow that causes the brain to accelerate and decelerate quickly in the skull.”…
There is one such contact sport injury that can be more severe than many other sports-related injuries. What is the culprit? It is a concussion. Concussions are usually caused by a hard hit to the head that causes the brain to shake inside of the skull. A concussion can be a very serious brain injury that can possibly keep a player out of the game for weeks.…