Repetitive strain injury

terrifying brain disorder that he named Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy” (Ebert). He came across this with his first patient Mike Webster, who was one of the best centers of all time. While examining Webster’s brain, he found that “persistent head injuries sustained in football play shake up the brain” (Ebert). This causes damage to the brain because human brains do not have shock absorbers and release proteins after each blow to the head causing head trauma. This caused Dr. Omalu to deepen his…

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 absence of recognizable symptoms and clinical features of concussion at ringside” (p. 1013). With such an alarming rate of chronic brain injury in amateur boxing, various professionals are trying…

worth the health risk to allow your kids to play the game of football. Over time concussions have become more and more common among sports related injuries. Last season the NFL reported 271 game related concussions. In a 16 week season…

Over the years, people have been stressing about how contact sports can lead to concussions. In football, you are more likely to get a concussion than any other sport. Concussions are bad for the brain and athletes should not actively participate in contact sports until they completely heal. Concussions can cause brain damage to the brain, like memory loss and loss of judgement. Concussions mainly occur in contact sports such as football. High school athletes can get concussions more easily…

Football is rough sport and it comes with a lot of injuries. The biggest injury is a concussion form taking hits to the head. It can cause major damage or I could be just little injury. Concussion effect the brain in many way. It can effect you for a brief time period or the rest of your life. They also can lead to other serious brain diseases. These diseases and injuries are permeant and the is no way to reverse them, but that can be prevented. Concussions are swelling and bruising of the…

generate a huge force when ramming on the field in a play, more specifically helmet-to-helmet crashes are very common in many times of the game. “The lawsuit combines more than 80 prior that seek to hold the league responsible for treatment of brain injuries and diseases”(Bang, 2012). Most importantly, the league had denied similar accusations in the past. Although they had stated that the players safety were the priority, they had contradicted themselves. For years, the National Football League…

other or a severe injury. Well if you have these sports such as football.I think these kind of sports are really dangerous.Today I q tell you why football might be a risk everyone that can affect your health and how the NFL is trying to make it safer. To begin with, one way that football is dangerous is that that players can get a concussion.In passage 1 paragraph 4 it says "During practices and games, they endured 271 concussions. A concussion (is a brain injury that…

Injuries in Professional Football Rules of safety in professional football have had lots of controversy over the years. Many people think that football is too dangerous and should either be completely abolished, or have the rules amended. On the other hand, some think that the players know the risks and what they are doing to their bodies and minds. The rules in the NFL should be changed because injuries are way too common, head injuries are becoming much more severe, and players will play…

there is a lot of injuries in the NFL.” At the moment about 2,000 people in the United States suffer a concussion while playing sports”(“Sports Concussions”). That means helmets do not have enough protection. To stop sports injuries we will have to work together to educate people, add padding, and make a law. The first way to prevent a sport injury is by educating people about it.”What a fractoris is is a break in the bone that could occur from either a quick one time break injury to the…

their career due to physical injuries sustained during their career. The NFL and NHL need to do more to protect their players by regulating the standards of each sport, respectively. Football and hockey are both sports that require early participation and training from a young age in order to enter the professional league. Both football and hockey are contact sports that encourage aggression and physicality. Between tackling and hits, players suffer minor to major injuries that may require…