Concussion

recently there has been lots of attention on long term traumatic brain damage and other terrible effects from small concussions, which people are trying to change. One way to prevent or to decrease the amount of concussions that a school can do is not have activities or sports in gym that risk concussions. They can also teach in health class what to do if you feel as if you have a concussion or the symptoms of having one so kids know and can act fast. I believe that most schools are not taking…

that shouldn't be taken lightly. One uncommonly known factor of long-term brain damage is receiving a concussion, mostly resulting from head-on collision sports and activities. After an athlete experiences a concussion, they have very little healing time and return back to playing their sport and are three times more likely the get a second concussion, and a third, and possibly fourth. Every concussion results in more brain damage and long term effects than the previous one like decreased…

Concussions have always been a known risk when playing contact sports. Until recently they were not seen as a big deal. If you got knocked around a little too hard one play you were given some water, sat out a couple of plays, but as long as you were still conscious you were able to continue playing. It is our sheer ignorance of concussions that has allowed the effects long and short term to go unrecognized. With new studies showing the effects a concussion can have on the brain long and…

A sizable percentage of concussions in the NFL are caused by T-bone hits or hits between the eyes, and these hits offset the brain’s center of gravity (Giles, 2016). Concussions can also cause permanent long term damage to the wiring of the brain. In older athletes, blows to the head can cause more harm because adults have one-eighth to a quarter-inch of space between the brain itself and the skull. This allows for more room for the brain to repeatedly hit the skull, whereas in a teenage athlete…

Concussion We have seen it in sports from time to time, the graphic images of head contact that makes one cringe in competitive games and recreational games. Urban dictionary states that a “concussion is a temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. The term is also used loosely as "the after effects such as confusion of a temporary capacity”. In the movie Head Games directed by Steve James, the documentary follows football players and hockey players. The former professional…

Concussions have become a mainstream problem for football, from Pee-Wee football to the National Football League. In 2015, there were approximately 4 million sports and recreational activity related concussions, 60% of those basing from football (Brain Injury Research Institute). Amateur and professional football players alike wear protective gear to reduce the likelihood of sustaining injury while playing the game of football, but despite that, studies have shown that retired NFL players who…

There is no denying that every time an athlete suits and plays a football game, it comes with the risk of sustaining an injury. And of all the potential injuries one can encounter, concussions are the main ones that have been brought out into the limelight in recent years. With all the new attention on concussions and the possible future effects it can have on a person, it is natural to be hesitant when allowing a child to participate in youth football. However, there are many benefits that…

Concussions: Football Definition: A concussion is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) caused by a hard hit or blow to the head can cause damage to the spinal cord or brain. The sudden hard force against the skull causes the brain to rapidly bounce back and forth this may create chemical changes as well as damaging brain cells. Anatomy Examples: MOI: Caused by a direct blow to the head it can occur when the head hits a moving objects such as another player or by hitting a stable object for…

since its discovery. When first discovered, concussions weren’t seen as a significant issue in sports by society. After many years passed and with much research, society began to accept that concussions were life changing injuries and that they did have a connection with contact sports such as soccer. As the American Youth Soccer Organization’s sports director, you are around many soccer players all of the time. Thus, you must already be aware of concussions caused by brain injury and that they…

think that there should be a law that requires children of any sports to have to take a concussion test. There are plenty of studies that show that if we made this a law or even had it required at schools, then there would be a lot more understandings of what is actually happening to our brains and a lot more ways to prevent it. Textual evidence & reasoning to support claim statement One article, “Concussion program for high school athletes works.”, States that “Baseline testing is a…