Sport-related concussion

Tinnitus is a common symptom of perceiving sound without external stimuli outside the ear. Tinnitus is often referred to as ear ringing or buzzing sensation, where a sound is constantly repeated inside the person's ear with or without external sound present. Tinnitus originates in the middle ear. Sounds can occur at any time and sounds can vary in loudness and pitch. Prolonged exposure to loud noise can contribute to tinnitus and thereby causing permanent hearing loss. There are many factors…

Reflection- 87 of 91 Test ex-NFL Players Had Brain Disease Linked To Head Trauma - By Souria Torres 10/05/17 Most football players as long as they could remember had been in football, Since the age of 5 that's all they knew. While many parents see no problem with this, it can damage the player for life without them even knowing about it until they're dead!! Terrifying right? In 2008, A new brain disease had surfaced. Now not so new now we know that a child 12 years and younger has a higher…

Many people enjoy basketball. There is a certain satisfaction that cause people to enjoy that swish swish sound of the net. But when people are not careful, they can really injure yourself. Three common injuries are eye injuries, concussions, and mouth injuries. Eye injuries are very common. They usually occur when someone is hit in the eye with fingers, elbows, and possibly the ball itself. (Moms Team, N/A) But luckily, many injuries are minor and almost none required surgery. Also, less than…

exploring lower limb kinetics in sports, clinicians can better understand the effects they place on the knee, ultimately manipulating the risk factors to decrease the rates of ACL tears (2, 11). 70 percent of ACL injuries occur as a result of playing sports. (5) ACL tears are usually season ending injuries that require surgery. Because they require surgery, the medical costs are high, averaging around 20,000-50,000 dollars (1, 5, 12,). The rate of return to sports after recovering from ACL…

Are football players getting hurt to much? Football is one of the hardest hitting sports in the world. There are 300 pound beast running full speed at each other delivering a blow that would literally blast through walls, and it doesn't take a genius to figure out that if they hit heads that's going to hurt. CTE is a form of disease which is found in people who got hit really hard in the head. So this is what the players have later in their life. They first stages aren't that bad but they can…

neck and shoulders - especially for people who are frequently physically active. Chiropractors can perform adjustments that help decompress the spine, reduce pain and alleviate headaches associated with intense training, competing and even low-stress sports. 4. Making you feel good Chiropractic care is an art and a science that delves into ways to better people’s physical beings. Total Health Spine & Nutrition provides initial evaluations including obtaining a medical history, and doing…

another we have all played a sport of some kind, and we’ve all probably been injured while playing this sport or seen someone get hurt while playing. A wide range of injuries from cuts and scrapes to Kevin Ware tragedies, one injury in particular is becoming a little more prevalent. Concussions. b. So as concussions have been becoming more serious in our society I decided that I will inform you today on concussions. c. 1 in 5 high school athletes will get a concussion during their season, so…

Title The title of this article is Effects of Acute Substance Use and Pre-Injury Substance Abuse on Traumatic Brain Injury Severity in Adults Admitted to a Trauma Centre. Author The authors of this article are Nada Andelic, Tone Jerstad, Solrun Sigurdardotti, Anne-Kristine Schanke, Leiv Sandvik, and Cecilie Roe. Type of Research The type of research used in this study was quantitative. Purpose of Study The purpose of this study was to describe occurrence of substance use at time of injury…

Dear University of Maryland Athletic Department, A person experiences a traumatic brain injury when there is an impact or sudden motion that brings the head to an abrupt stop, slamming the brain into the skull. This injury is known as coup-contrecoup. When the brain starts to bounce back and forth inside of the head then that part of the brain that hits the skull will be damaged, meaning the brain is injured on direct impact. When the brain bounces back to the opposite side of the skull then…

Cognitive dysfunction is common sequale after head injury and includes deficits in the domains of attention, visual-spatial, processing speed, memory, and executive functioning. In addition there are deficits with new learning, planning, problem solving, initiation thus making a holistic IDT approach to management essential. These deficits are likely due the diffuse nature of axonal injury and due to the susceptibility of the frontal and temporal lobes to injury. Current literature support the…