Repetitive strain injury

players, written informed consent to participate, agreement of the head coach to participate in the study, and agreement of the team therapist to gather information about each player and their injuries throughout the season (Brooks, 2013). Players that had a chronic illness, who had already sustained an injury, who had English as a second language, attention or learning problems, or a recent concussion were excluded from the study (Brooks, 2013). The reason for the exclusion of these kinds of…

types of injuries that can lead to Traumatic Brain Injury. There are two different types of traumatic brain injuries (TBI). One type of a TBI is called an open head injury. An open head injury is caused when the skull is punctured. Not all of open head injuries are fatal. When they are not fatal, then they usually cause a person to lose behavioral or sensory functions. These function loss is in the parts controlled by the area of the brain that is injured. The other type of brain injury is…

Peter Landesman’s movie Concussion portrays the importance about a serious topic that wasn’t even talked about before. “Concussion” manages the subject of brain harm endured by expert football players. By making a movie discussing the topic, Landesman managed to create a controversy about it and help people be aware of this new discovery. Sure, most people were aware that receiving so many hits per game in the head wasn't a natural thing. However, no one really understood the magnitude of this…

While some people believe that head injuries in football can be overlooked, more precautions need to be taken during the sport. Injuries to the head are important to understand and should be given medical attention immediately. Athletes, parents, and fans will learn to be cooperative with these hits because they can lead to worse things than just a headache or concussion. Although some people may not think that concussions are an issue, more measures need to be found and implemented to help…

Commish Junior Seau. Ryan Freel. Derek Boogard. These are some of the names of professional athletes who have died from head injuries in football, baseball, and hockey, respectively. In all professional sports, concussions have demanded the commissioners and player safety officials to adopt new penalties and rules to attempt to overcome and prevent these head injuries. Concussions are not as common in baseball as they are in football and hockey, but they are becoming a dangerous…

Polly Shulman’s article “Blowing the Whistle on Concussions” focuses on care to be taken by athletes in case of a concussion. Shulman introduces his topic by telling the story of hockey player Eric Lindro who obtained a concussion in a game that he did not recover well from. Finishing the season with four concussions, six total in the past two years, Lindro was forced to retire prematurely. Shulman then goes on to state that thousands of high school athletes have had the same problems as Lindro.…

A student athlete has to worry about many things, especially about their own health after a sports injury. More than 300,000 sports related concussions throughout the year in the United States, for any type of athlete. But Fred Theye also mentions that "high school athletes are more vulnerable to concussions than older students and may take longer to recover". If a student athlete sits out for the prescribed amount of time after their concussion, it will balance their recovery time and make it…

Athletic trainers work to treat 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…

topic of head injuries is one of the most controversial topics in the sports field. The repercussions that occur because of concussions lead some people to believe that a player that acquires a concussion should have to sit out until the injury fully heals. This argument is fully supported by scientific and physical evidence that has been obtained from real life players with concussions. Going back directly into play after getting a concussion is exceedingly dangerous seeing as an injury becomes…

emotion is expressed rather than information and not enough true data is included to make it true that this is a totally uncontroversial topic. Banning heading in youth soccer because they are not coordinated or strong enough, it increases the risk of injury to the player and opponents, it detracts nothing from the game but actually improves, and although heading the ball isn 't like a helmet to helmet scenario doing it repeatedly makes it dangerous…