Concussion

sport worse than that. Football may be rough, but it is not too violent.For example, you can get a concussion. WhenSome say it it too violent to be a school sport. They say you get hurt too often. It is the most common sport to suffer a concussion, but it is not the only sport. Since it is the most common sport to suffer from a concussion, there is a percentage close to 50%. It says 47% of concussions occur during high school football. A lot of people get hurt while playing football. They may…

Increasing the penalty for hitting the head or applying a fine could stop the concussions. Maybe then players would stop going for dirty illegal hits. Helmets could protect you but could also be used as a weapon. Can I see a time without helmets? yes," Dr. John York. Football helmets are causing more problems than they solve. Equipment…

catch something early and be able to treat it before it is too late. Dr. Russ Lonser, Chairman of the Head, Neck, and Spine Subcommittee noted that in the past three seasons, the NFL reports that there has been a decrease of 25% in the amount of concussions players had. This extra awareness by the NFL has also lead local sports teams to be more proactive when it comes to brain injuries and hard hits. This advancement in safety and knowledge of potential dangers are what makes football on its way…

Maybe it is a concussion. Maybe you have a spinal injury. This is the game of football, one of the most popular sports in the United States, but do you believe that football is a dangerous sport? Some do believe football is a dangerous sport because kids can get severely hurt. Some other people do not believe football is a dangerous sport because of the equipment they use. My opinion is I believe it is a dangerous sport because you can get hit hard and could get knocked out, concussion, break…

believe that football should be allowed in high school. I understand that football can cause serious injuries. One of the most common injuries in football is the concussion. An average of 300,000 concussions occur annually across all sports. A study happened that estimated that high school football players suffered about 11.2 concussions for every 10,000 games and practices. College football players had a rate of 6.3. Some studies have shown that retired…

Introduction Recently, there has been a rising concern regarding concussions and contact sports. Rudd, Hodge, Finley, Lewis, and Wang (2016) state that the World Medical Association claims that boxing “produces an alarming incidence of chronic brain injury” (p. 1). In addition to the prevalence of concussion in boxing, Moriarity et al. state that “amateur boxers participating in a carefully supervised competition can have cognitive impairment suggestive of a concussive injury despite the…

This combination creates a danger, where children are not physically developed enough to absorb contact. This can put them at a serious risk of a concussion, which can lead to brain damage. When a child takes a hard blow from falling or being struck in the helmet, it is more difficult to keep the head steady. “The result is greater force to the brain from being jerked inside the skull” (Hyman, 2012)…

research using HITS/SRS technology, which has impacted how the game is played (Riddell). This is great because they are realizing what areas of the game aren’t safe and need to get better rules. In addition, Sarah a young athlete had sustained a concussion without knowing but her parents made sure that they got the message to the school that something needed to be changed so the school made sure they made the rules safer for sports players (Healy). This is important because schools are realizing…

preventative injury programs and education is of the utmost priority. The media coverage regarding concussions on elite athletes has opened the door for more research on how to prevent the injuries, and the increasing number of youth who participate in contact sports has given way to the importance of enacting policies or protocol for ensuring the safety of athletes. Across the country, youth concussion laws are primarily similar (Cook, King, & Polikandriotis,…

The NFL has not effectively managed the concussion crisis because they did not alert players nor the public immediately upon research findings that football had a link to brain injuries. It was in October 1999 “The NFL Retirement Board rules that Mike Webster’s head injuries from his years playing for the Pittsburgh Steelers and Kansas City Chiefs left him “totally and permanently” disabled as “the result of head injuries he suffered as a football player.” “. (Ezell, 2013) The NFL’s own…