Concussion

Concussions are serious, but not as serious as they have been made out to be. Football has been blamed for not protecting their athletes and having too many concussions, causing long term problems for players. Situations can occur and result in injury. Concussions are not always preventable no matter the amount of precaution taken. No matter the age of an individual they can still sustain a concussion. Concussions can happen at any place and at any time, and they are more frequent than many…

ever experienced a concussion or known someone who has suffered from a concussion? If so, you probably already know about the rising problem and the dangers of concussions. Most people in the world have ignored concussions and are not aware of the many dangers they cause. Concussions are a rising problem in sports and athletes need to embrace the solutions. Sports are one of the highest ranking reasons for concussions. Most athletes will have suffered at least one concussion by the time they…

know what a concussion is, but what they don’t know is how much they actually effect a persons brain. I know that when I hear that somebody has a concussion I get very worried, as many others would too. After I wondered what really happened to a persons brain when they got a concussion, I decided to do some research. This is why I would compare a concussion to an essay. For those of you who play a contact sport it is very likely that you or a teammate could face getting a concussion. First, I am…

Concussions in Athletes Tristyn D. Bailey California Baptist University Abstract A growing epidemic in today society are head impacts and concussions cause by contact sports usually happening between athletes. When leaving a head injury undetected, you can result in having long term brain damage and may even prove deadly. To preserve the young athlete’s head health, mental cognition and ability to succeed, it is critical that coaches, players and parents are aware of the inherent dangers and…

Over a 9 year span, the number of people younger than 22 who are treated in emergency rooms for concussions has increased by 100,000 (Injuries in youth, 2016). The steep rise in concussion diagnoses in the United States has prompted state legislation. Washington state's "Shake It Off Law," passed in 2009, was the first in the country to require medical clearance of youth athletes before they can return to the field for practice or a game after any indication of head trauma. The other 49 states…

Peter Landesman’s movie Concussion portrays the importance about a serious topic that wasn’t even talked about before. “Concussion” manages the subject of brain harm endured by expert football players. By making a movie discussing the topic, Landesman managed to create a controversy about it and help people be aware of this new discovery. Sure, most people were aware that receiving so many hits per game in the head wasn't a natural thing. However, no one really understood the magnitude of this…

games. Over the years, a main concern has stemmed from the prevalence of concussions in team sports. Concussions are one of the main concerns of contact sports, and pose a great risk to contact oriented sports. (1) Prevention by protective sports equipment is the number one concussion prevention plans in use. Protective equipment consists of pads, facemasks, mouth guards and helmets…

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. With these types of forces and pressures on the head…

It is plausible that a person’s menstrual cycle may have a correlation with concussions; this correlation is likely because progesterone is a neuroprotective drug that is produced cyclically. Based on progesterone concentration in a person’s body, physicians believe they can predict the course of a person’s concussion. In 2014, Wunderle, Hoeger, Wasserman, and Bazarian published a paper where they try to see if a person’s menstrual phase can predict the outcome of a mTBI. Wunderle, Hoeger,…

Goike Page 2 Kids, teens, and even professional athletes are suffering from concussions every day. Many of these kids are returning to sports far too soon, their concussions have not healed and their brains are not back to normal, and it is damaging their brains. As a result of all of these concussions, in the long term it leads to suicidal thoughts, major headaches, and many more side effects. Concussions are very dangerous and everyone needs to take treatment and prevention seriously.…