The issue is should AFL players wear helmets to protect themselves from a concussion and other head injuries. Some articles say that helmets made for AFL players don’t actually protect them from concussions but do prevent some head injuries such as cuts, bruises, skull fractures and brain damage. There are a number of cognitive and emotional impairments that may occur if a concussion should arise such as Anxiety, attention problems, balance, behaviour problems, brain fog, cognitive decline, depression, language and speech difficulties, memory and learning problems, movement disorder and sleep problems. Football players that wear helmets have either chosen to wear them or they have been advised to wear them because of previous head injuries,
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Throughout that time he had 40 concussions over a period of 18 years. Today the rules state a player is only allowed three concussions and your career is over. John now fears that he may have an early onset of dementia. At his current age of 52 he says that he is “suffering significant memory loss, he forgets his kids’ friends names, repeats himself often, sometimes forgets a topic or conversation all together and is concerned about his future”. His wife first noticed the issue about six months ago, that was when he decided to seek specialist help. In 1989 John Platten suffered his worst concussion, which was in the grand final against Geelong at quarter time. Sitting on the bench he didn’t know the game score and didn’t know if he had played on the field. Platten had been told by club officials that at the quarter time break, while his teammates gathered in a huddle, he was walking across the MCG. The doctor asked him where he was going and he said “I’m just going downstairs to get changed for the motorcade, parade”, which was the day before. The next day he woke up with a big headache and watched some of the game and he still couldn’t remember anything.
In conclusion, after investigating the cause and effect of wearing a helmet in AFL, it’s is safe to say helmets do not prevent concussion, instead they only cushion the force of
Throughout that time he had 40 concussions over a period of 18 years. Today the rules state a player is only allowed three concussions and your career is over. John now fears that he may have an early onset of dementia. At his current age of 52 he says that he is “suffering significant memory loss, he forgets his kids’ friends names, repeats himself often, sometimes forgets a topic or conversation all together and is concerned about his future”. His wife first noticed the issue about six months ago, that was when he decided to seek specialist help. In 1989 John Platten suffered his worst concussion, which was in the grand final against Geelong at quarter time. Sitting on the bench he didn’t know the game score and didn’t know if he had played on the field. Platten had been told by club officials that at the quarter time break, while his teammates gathered in a huddle, he was walking across the MCG. The doctor asked him where he was going and he said “I’m just going downstairs to get changed for the motorcade, parade”, which was the day before. The next day he woke up with a big headache and watched some of the game and he still couldn’t remember anything.
In conclusion, after investigating the cause and effect of wearing a helmet in AFL, it’s is safe to say helmets do not prevent concussion, instead they only cushion the force of