Maddie Sauer Mrs. Grana Anatomy Paper‚ Sports Medicine 17 January 2012 Concussions in Soccer Although often overlooked‚ concussions can be one of the most serious injuries a soccer player can face in their sports career. Many athletes in contact sports focus on getting playing time and showing others their skills and ignore what their bodies are telling them. Often times‚ athletes will brush off injuries because they feel it is normal‚ especially in popular sports such as soccer. Soccer has
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more‚ “football” is referring to the non-American term for soccer. A concussion‚ defined by Monica E. Maher‚ is “a complex pathophysiological process‚ induced by traumatic biomechanical forces” (271). Since soccer is a growing popular sport‚ especially in young children‚ there are many ways for amateur players to get injured. Many ignorant people view concussions as a simple headache‚ but they are so much more. Not only do concussion cause physical pain‚ but they can also be responsible for causing
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Those in favor of preventing concussions in sports say that sports leagues need to up there rules on limiting hits to the head so all players are safer. To begin with‚ most officials do not have the medical background to determine a concussion‚ which means they’ll miss most signs of a concussion. Without a doubt‚ officials need to know what they’re dealing with to protect our players from developing worse outcomes. According to Jon McClement‚ “They should have this covered” (1). Officials should
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and play in an NFL game where they are being cheered for instead of punished. Domestic Violence has been going on for years in the NFL‚ but now it is becoming more of a problem than it was. All these players with assault and domestic violence charges being brought against them‚ Roger Goodell the NFL commissioner announced the league’s new six-game suspension punishment for a first time domestic violence offense‚ and second time offenders will be banned from the NFL for at least a
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from pee-wee through the NFL is the concussion. A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that changes the way your brain works. The effects of a concussion are usually temporary and can result in a full recovery if its minor and treated correctly. A concussion can lead to brain problems later in life‚ even after a player has finished playing football. This is why people are studying and trying to understand concussions fully in order to prevent and treat future ones. Concussions are very serious and
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Press. "NFL Changes Return-to-play Rules for Concussions - ESPN." ESPN: The Worldwide Leader In Sports. 3 Dec. 2009. Web. 27 Feb. 2011 http://sports.espn.go.com/nfl/news/story?id=4707604 Frommer‚ Frederic. "NFL Urging States to Pass Youth Concussion Laws‚ an Issue Magnified by Player ’s Suicide - Chicagotribune.com. " Chicago Tribune: Chicago News‚ Sports‚ Weather and Traffic – Chicagotribune.com. 23 Feb. 2011. Web. 27 Feb. 2011. http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/sns-ap-us-nfl-concussion-laws
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IS THE NFL TOO DANGEROUS? BY ALEXANDER COLON Football is one of America’s most beloved sports and with the super bowl coming up; fans of the sport are getting ready for the big game. I am an avid football fan myself and love playing it as much I enjoy watching it. What I have come to notice recently‚ is how the lives of football players are drastically changed when they are off the field. Football is a full contact sport‚ if you’re not prepared or unprotected at any given time
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Concussions while playing football has been under the microscope for a while now‚ the players that are wanting compensation for these concussion incidents are saying the concussions have caused neurological impairments and multiple other fatal diagnoses such as Alzheimer’s‚ Parkinson’s‚ ALS and even death. One of the lead plaintiffs in this class action against the NFL was Kevin Turner‚ who died at the age of forty-six. Turner was diagnosed with ALS six years before he died‚ it turned out that the
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Concussions In Sports Concussions are very serious injuries in sports now a day. They seem to be occurring more and more as players start trying to become faster and stronger. NFL.com did an article in 2010 that showed in the 2010 season that the concussion rate had gone up 21% from 2009 (Press). A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to head or body‚ a fall‚ or another injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull (Healthwise 1). The concussion can either
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Football Concussions you’re running the ball‚ 5 yards away from your 10th touchdown in 5 games. Boom‚ the defender takes you out‚ you go flying in the air with your helmet flying off‚ and you have no protection from the ground and your head. When you land‚ you twist your head and you hear a loud crack at the moment of impact‚ almost breaking your neck and smashing your head wide open. everyone in the crowd grows silent‚ You stay down for 10 minutes‚ feeling nothing but sharp‚stabbing‚ burning pain
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