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evaluated for safety research. First, you probably want to know what a concussion is before I talk about how and why they happen in football. A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that has brain altering effects. These effects can include the following: headaches, balance, coordination, and memory. How do these injuries occur you ask? Most concussions are caused by a violent shaking motion and usually occur playing a contact sport such as football. (Clinic, 2016) Following a first…

too many concussions, causing long term problems for players. Situations can occur and result in injury. Concussions are not always preventable no matter the amount of precaution taken. No matter the age of an individual they can still sustain a concussion. Concussions can happen at any place and at any time, and they are more frequent than many people realize. A concussion is a “traumatic brain injury that affects your brain function” according to The Mayo Clinic. Concussions are caused by…

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…

After reading the article I understood the main message which was 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…

Spinal Cord Injury is a major problem that effects approximately 282,000 people in the U.S. and estimated 17,000 new SCI cases each year (“National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center,” 2016, p.1). The leading cause of spinal cord injury (SCI) are car accidents (29.3%), followed by falls (22%), gunshot wounds (16.9%), and sport injuries (8%) primarily accounting with males (Vallines, 2016). Leading that males have an accounting primarily with car accidents, that what happened to a male name…

Football, soccer, and boxing three top sports in concussions are slowly killing these sports, so what can we do and what does these injuries cause. These sports are causing people, families, and friends that have lost lots to these types of injuries because they simply can't remember their families or have affected their everyday lives. The long term effects of high impact sports are Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy “ brain disease” , and also affects the whole sport in general and can have a…

reflect and compare, the King-Devicke test is used to screen for on impact concussion detection. The two minute test consists of spatial and memory recall of numbers. (5) Concussion education is also used in order for athletes to understand their injuries. It was stated that only 64% of all concussions go reported during games or practices. (6) Contact sports require a multifactor system in order to reduce the rate of concussions, starting with education, moving to personal protective equipment,…

disease (Rutherford). Doctors have started realizing the major effects of concussions and continue to find more and more about the lifetime effects they cause. “In essence a neuropathologist did brain dissections on sports athletes who had several head injuries, and it was found that these athletes had similar findings under a microscope when looking at the brain cells of someone who has Alzheimer’s” ( Rutherford). Concussions are not something to ignore they can cause a lifetime of harm to the…

The human brain is an extraordinarily complex and crucial part to the body, so we wouldn't want to knowingly put it in the face of danger. Brain damage is a very tragic and serious topic 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…

Concussions are one of the worst injuries a person can sustain because they affect one of the most vital parts of the body; the brain. Marcos A. Abreu, Wirt Edwards, and Brandon D. Spradley, doctoral student and United States Sports Academy professors, define a concussion in their article “The War Against Concussions” as “a traumatically induced transient disturbance of brain function” (Abreu, Edwards, and Spradley, 2). The issue with concussions is largely about knowing the signs and symptoms,…