Head injury

Neck injuries are some of the most devastating injuries a person can suffer. There are several ways that these types of injuries can be prevented. For example, they can be prevented with training. By weight training the muscles in the body, these muscles can become stronger which can make them less vulnerable to injuries. Also, training athletes in specific skills can help them avoid these injuries. Training athletes in skills that can help them to properly track a ball or avoid ball contacts…

Introduction Head butting a soccer ball may cause injuries. Cervical spinal injuries are usually categorized as a head and neck injury and their incidence varies from 4 to 22% (Kartal, Yiliran, Senkoylu,& Korkusuz 2004). Severe muscle spasms, spinal cord injuries, herniation of the disc and fracture dislocation are listed as acute injuries to the cervical spine in soccer (Kartal et al., 2004). Kartal et al. (2004) hypothesized that recurrent trauma from head butting a soccer ball may case…

Head Injury A brain injury affects more than one person’s life. We must all value our brain as we don’t get a second one. All of us have fallen down, got hurt, and injured ourselves several times. Brain has several protective layers including the hair, skin, skull, meninges and cerebrospinal fluid. In spite of these layers of protection we still have injuries that hurt us due the pain and disable us to function normally. What is head injury? A brain injury is one of the serious kind injury…

The numbers of sport injuries is getting larger. “Despite the best efforts of the leagues, the players, and the medical and engineering communities, the incidence of injury at all levels of the game continues to increase” (“Solving Football’s Concussion Problem”). If somebody does not do something about the numbers rising more and more people will be injured or killed. There are different ways to make the numbers go down by educating people about the problem, changing how people train and…

though soldiers risk their lives, sports players do , too. There are many injuries that sports players could die from. They could get concussions, they could break their neck, and more life risking injuries. In sports, football has the most risk of getting concussions. Their helmet could fall off or anything can happen. Among all sports, baseball has the highest fatality rate. All sports has its own risks and injuries. Many injuries could happen in sports. Many professional sports players…

A traumatic brain injury is a sudden injury to the head causing damage to the brain. It can be a closed head injury or a penetrating one. It can affect one area of the brain or more than one area. When there is a penetration, the skull will be pierced and a piece of the bone from the skull may enter the brain tissue. With a closed head injury, there is no break in the skull. A skull fracture is when the skull cracks and broken pieces of bone cut into the brain. The different types of traumatic…

Year by year head injuries are rising in the National Football League. With head injuries growing the tension around the concussion issue is growing. With growing tension more pressure is put on the NFL in means of player safety. The NFL should do more to protect players against concussions because players are constantly taking hits, helmets are not concussion proof, and players are returning to action too soon after suffering a concussion. To start off concussions are defined as a type of…

anatomical factors, which may contribute to the vulnerability of younger individuals: • Weaker neck muscles in proportion to a larger head: this would make it harder for younger adults (pre-high school) athletes to connect and increase their cervical muscle strength to their head at the time of impact of a collision, and therefore increase the effective mass of their head. Adults do not have this problem. • Water content: the younger individual’s brain is still developing, so it is…

Youth Sports Injuries Every year in the United states there are over 30 million youth athletes participating in organized youth sports, and with this growing number of athletes comes more injuries. “It is estimated that high schoolers account for 2 million injures and children under the age of 14 account for 3.5 million injuries yearly in the United States alone. Every year high schoolers account for 300,000 head injuries of those 90% end up being concussions. Less than half of concussion are…

chest and put your hand in front of it's mouth to check for a breath. If s/he isn't breathing pull the tongue forward, close the mouth and tilt the head a little to open the airway so that you remove anything that is blocking it. If you are unable to remove the obstruction you can perform the Heimlich Manoeuvre: Hold the dog upside down with it's head facing the floor and shake it gently while thumping it's chest with your hand. Then give two mouth-to-nose ventilations (while blocking it's…