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developing Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE). “Heads In The Game” claims, from high school to the pros, football accounts for more than half of the 300,000 sport related concussions that occur every year in the U.S (“Heads In The Game”). The Harvard Health Letter conducted a case study on 2,252 retired NFL players, with the average age being 53.8 years old. They discovered a strong correlation between concussions and depression in the NFL (“Heads In The Game”).…

because of head to head collisions, and illegal hits. 76 of the 79 deceased retirees showed significant brain deterioration. Also players between the ages of 60 and 64 will have a dementia rate as high as 35 times of the general population. Is playing football and being a millionaire worth it? You may be rich but your brain and body will suffer the consequences for the rest of your life. Playing American Football can cause many different injuries from physical, to mental. Constant hits to the…

caused from repeated trauma to the head. (What is CTE?, 2017) CTE is found in the brains of people who have participated in contact sports such as boxing, football, soccer, ice hockey as well as victims of repeated violence. The repeated trauma to the head causes an abnormal protein, called Tau, to form on the brain and kills brain cells. Victims of CTE do not necessarily need to experience concussions to have CTE. CTE can be a result in hundreds or thousands of head impacts over many years.…

Sports today, have many controversial topics that are introduced and discussed heavily. In the NFL (National Football League), concussions are a crucial topic to be discussed. A concussion is an injury caused by an impact to the head, or a violent shaking of the head and body. Doug Baldwin, wide receiver for the Seattle Seahawks took a big hit during one of his games. He was then screened for a concussion and Baldwin claimed that he could have easily cheat the protocol if he wanted to, but…

Today is Sunday, March 21st. In just a few minutes, a brand new patient is come to visit me. His name is Noah Montgomery, and his mother has warned me. A 17 year old child prodigy, it seems he knows everything- except social skills. His mother has warned me that he is a bit.... concerning and he may need to be considered for higher level therapy. [knock on the door, rustling, a door lock click, the creak of a door opening] Hello, Mr. Montgomery, I'm your therapist, Dr. Goldberg. How do you do?…

caught up in the hype of the sport at the present time and do not stop and think how this can effect their life long-term. Individuals have researched the relationship between a variety of high-impact sports players who have encountered repeated head injuries and the long-term cognitive effects. The cognitive effects researched include chronic traumatic encephalopathy (Alosco, Tripodis & Jarnagin, 2016), increased symptoms of computerized Immediate Post-Concussion…

Novia was feeling sick to her stomach with such boiling rage and self pity, she was different from everyone else at school and she didn’t need reminded about it. It was a problem she faced every day but back at her old home there was people who accepted it, but now she has to go through the whole process again! Mr and Mrs Stevenson decided to move to Ohio from New York with their three kids Novia, Braxton and their newborn Piper. Novia thought living in New York was hard already especially…

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…

There are many effects of concussions and one of them is the mental health. For example, Boo Williams was a tight end for the New Orleans Saints who played Professional football for four years. During his career, Boo Williams had repeated hit to the head. However, as time went on after his retirement is where Boo went downhill…

hockey, boxing, etc.) as well as high chances of accidental injury in non-contact sports – repeated head injuries are very common (Gavett et al., 2011). This is another reason sports-related concussions significantly differ from non-sports related concussions (Gavett et al., 2011). CTE is considered a distinct disorder after numerous neuropathological studies of athletes with a history of repeated mild head injuries produced consistent findings of cerebral atrophy,…