Concussion

What is concussion? And what is the effect of a concussion? A concussion can be a really serious injury to the brain and have a serious effect. All of these symptoms can make daily life more difficult, both in personal relationships and at work or school. When playing a sports you should know the effects that are Headache/Dizziness, Confusion, Brain Damage. A Headache can happen when you are dealing with a concussion. When you are playing a sport and you bump your head you are most likely to…

injuries that occur within all aspects of sports in order to return players to the field or court as quickly as possible. A concussion, however, is one injury that trainers do not attempt to fix quickly and easily. Concussions have become a very serious and common injury among professional and amateur athletes who take part in contact sports, such as football and soccer. A concussion is defined as, “A traumatic brain injury that alters the way your brain functions. Effects are usually…

Concussion is an injury associated with sports and is most often identified with football, ice hockey, boxing and martial arts. There is different levels of concussion or traumatic brain injury (TBI), including mild, moderate, and severe. Large numbers of athletes participate in these sports; youth, high school, collegiate, professional. Concussion is an injury that results from a wide variety of mechanisms and ages, levels ranging from a simple daze to the inability of doing daily activities.…

consciousness until the next morning at 7:31. The doctors still can’t explain how I survived the impact considering the extreme symptoms that ensued, but all doctors agree that I almost died from a concussion. “In 2012 alone, there were more than 3.8 million…

and I played on a team since 4th grade… that is, until I got a concussion during a game in 8th grade. How I got my concussion. I got my concussion playing football in 8th grade. I got the handoff and ran up to the line of scrimmage. I was clobbered in the head from behind. When I got up I was really muddled and dizzy. My coach called a timeout and had the trainer come look at me. The effects of my concussion. Because of my concussion my vision had changed, requiring…

Concussions in Sports Concussions hurt. A concussion is the result of a traumatic impact on the brain that is suffered when the brain bounces off the cranium. Most concussions are sustained from contact sports. In todays medical world topics that are becoming a more talked about issue are concussions in sports, second impact syndrome, and how to prevent them. More recently the issues of concussions are becoming more prominent in the sports world, “estimates of 1.6 to 3.8 million such injuries…

think of is a silent one, concussion. Until recently concussions were not seen as worthy to be titled with the name epidemic until they realized the devastating side effects. Athletes and military personal used to be told to rub some dirt on it or to get tougher because the injury was not visible from a human eye, so therefore we didn’t see the devastating effects. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or otherwise known as CTE, is a devastating side effect of multiple concussions or blows to the…

receive concussions. Some may last a day or two, or maybe a week. Some, however, can have effects lasting years. Long term effects from high impact sports are dangerous concussions, and negative effects on the community and family. Many people don’t realize the dangerous effects of concussions; the lifelong effects. “I don’t think my life will ever be the same.” says Bryce Monti (15). Monti is only one of thousands of high schoolers whose lives were changed forever from a concussion. To…

e-medicine health, “the term concussion describes an injury to the brain resulting from an impact to the head.” Short-term and long-term problems can result from a concussion; however, it is not classified by the medical profession as a life-threating injury. Figure 1 depicts what happens to the head in order to obtain a concussion. The head throws your brain back toward the opposite side which can potentially cause damage to both sides of the brain. This leads to a concussion or closed brain…

Mrs. Miller English 12 8 January, 2016 Concussions Every year it happens again and again. People ranging from the age of 10 up to adults over 30 years old put on a pair of pads and a helmet to go play football. Continually hitting each other increases the chance of a concussion. Concussions occur when the person gets hit in the head which causes a jarring of the brain against the skull. Your brain is a soft organ that is surrounded by spinal fluid and protected by your hard skull.…