Sports have always been a huge factor in our world today whether we sit at home and watch them on television or we participate in them in our everyday lives. Thus being in a first aid class we all are surrounded by some type of physical activity. While sports can be very enjoyable, stress revealing, competitive, and a great way to stay physically fit; they also pose the threat of injury. One of the more common injuries in sports mostly in contact sports is concussions. Over the past few years concussions have become more serious because of the new evidence we have on how it affects our brain and how they affect our future. Topics I will be covering in my paper will be what concussions are, symptoms, causes, and cures. I will also cover what we are doing to prevent them from happening and what studies are being done to ex-sports players who have had concussions.…
The increase of concussions in football has had a profound efffect on athletes and should be further evaluated for safety and scientific research.…
It happens every game, a player gets hit very hard and is injured in some sort of way. In the current days of football, concussions are the most common and most dangerous injury there is and should be given more attention to protect players and athletes. Whether it's short term or long term, concussions can cause serious damage to athletes brains and in serious cases put them in the hospital. While NFL players shake off concussions as not being that bad, they need to be taken very seriously as children across the country look up to these professional players as role models. Fan morale is also declined when their favorite players get injured and cannot play because of these injuries. Awareness needs to be raised so we can put a stop to these dangerous concussions.…
Imagine waking up in a hospital room having to gasp for air. Oxygen tubes covering your throat making it hard to relax. Cranial tubes pushed into your skull trickling blood onto your hospital outfit/gown forming you to be nauseated, all as a result of a hard knock to the head. Concussions are among the most common and most dangerous injuries youth athletes receive. The majority of concussions and other mellow traumatic brain injuries should ultimately go away within one to six weeks. In some cases, nevertheless, individuals encounter post-concussion syndrome with symptoms enduring far longer than this. Post-concussion syndrome can incorporate headaches, dizziness, irritability, difficulty focusing or completing tasks, not feeling as yourself,…
Concussions have consumed the minds of millions of young athletes in our world today. This injury has gone frequently undetected for a substantial amount of time, especially in high school sports. The time table for return with this injury is foggy as it could consist of weeks, months, and even in some cases years. Concussions in sports has been a widespread problem for athletes for many years, the damage they can do can be life threatening.…
Concussions are common in most contact sports as they are in the NHL. They have become more common in the media over the past few years when star players have been on the receiving end. A recent study in the Canadian Medical Association Journal looks at concussions among National Hockey League players during regular season games. It gives a background of the injury and describes it.…
Anthony P. Kontos, Michael Collins, Stephen A. Russo. (2004), An Introduction to Sports Concussion for the Sport Psychology Consultant. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology. 220 – 235. DOI: 10.1080/10413200490485568…
Every year, when summer begins to wind down and the children are getting ready to go back to school, football season is ready to ignite. The NFL professionals have been practicing for a little while now and the high schools and youth leagues are ready to suit up as well. Football in some families is considered a passage to life for many boys. Many players step onto the field with all of their protective gear, never even considering how dangerous the sport really is. What it is to medicals professionals and some parents is a concern for recurring concussions and lingering brain damage.…
A concussion is a temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. The term is also used loosely of the aftereffects such as confusion, dizziness, and lightheadedness. Concussions can usually be caused by sports or any other accidents to the head. A specific part of a brain could be either damaged or bruised. A violent blow to the head, neck, or any part of the upper body could cause a concussion. Concussion may cause bleeding in the brain, which can be fatal. Falling, especially in young children and adults could cause a concussion. Concussions usually occur in a high-risk sport such as, football, hockey, soccer, rugby, boxing or any other sport that involves physical contact. An estimated 5.3 million Americans live with a traumatic brain injury-related disability because of a concussion.…
Roger Goodell, the NFL commissioner, has been under a lot of scrutiny for the past couple years for his attempts to change the rules to decrease and pretty much get rid of violent hits to the head and neck to protect the players. These rules are under scrutiny because there are many people that are saying these rules are making the game of football a “soft game” and ruining it in a sense. Football has been a game that since its beginnings has always praised and celebrated toughness and violent hits. Now these rules are making it frowned upon. These rule changes drastically started popping up before the 2010 season. There are a couple big events that have pulled concussions to the forefront of concern in football. One of the biggest ones is the Concussion lawsuit that was brought against the NFL by4,500 members of former players families and even former players themselves. The lawsuit was just settled last Thursday that will cost the NFL $765 million. Much of that money is going to players and families to compensate for all the medical treatments. Also some of it will be going to baseline testing for retired players, and $10 million will fund research and education for concussions. Another big event that has been occurring over roughly the past 10 years has been many ex NFL players such as Dave Duerson, a former Chicago Bear, who shot himself in the chest after struggling from “chronic headaches, blurred vision and memory loss.” Before he died, he left messages to his family requesting that his brain be donated to a lab where it would be studied. He was only 50 years old. There are many like this including Andre Waters, 44, and Shane Dronett, 38, who both also committed suicide in the past six years. All 3 men were diagnosed with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), which you get in part from multiple hits to the head. The NFL players are not the only ones that are being affected by CTE. Doctors found the CTE in 21 year old…
What is a concussion? A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury or TBI, caused by a sudden jolt, hit or blow to the head. Concussions can also occur from a fall, blow or impact to the body that causes the brain to move quickly back and forth. As a result, the injury changes the way your brain works. There is destruction of the nerves and bruising the brain itself.…
Shyr, Luna. "NFL Looks to Helmet Technology to Combat Concussions." . N.p., 1 Feb 2013. Web. 25 Mar 2013.…
In recent years, Mild Traumatic Brain Injury simply known as form of a concussion has been on a rise in high school and collegiate athletes. Approximately, 300 000 Americans report a sports related concussion every year.1 Despite the large numbers of student athletes getting concussed, the recovery period is the most crucial phase of getting back to our “normal”. It is unfortunate to see many student athletes lying about their subjective symptoms (headaches, depression, fatigue, anxiety, drowsiness) in order to return-to-play more promptly. (S.Sigurdardottir et al.). It has been shown that in Oslo, Norway people who had mild traumatic brain injury was likely to encounter the subjective symptoms after 3 months of recovery by 24-40% and after a year 10-20% may have had the same symptoms. According to International…
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) also known as a concussion is a serious health problem to athletes, especially to football players. The brain controls the body and gives a person personality and defines every aspect of his or her life. A brain injury can disrupt a person’s life in an instance and like broken bones or bruises; TBI can limit or prevent normal body functions. A brain injury, unlike common injuries can damage mental abilities to include memory and speech. There are only two classifications in TBI; mild and severe. Mild TBI is classified as loss of consciousness and or confusion and disorientation for less than thirty minutes. Severe TBI is thirty or more minutes and with memory loss. A person classified with severe TBI has limited functions of legs and arms, abnormal speech and emotional problems. When a person experiences a brain injury they often do not realize that one has occurred. TBI often leads to Alzheimer or Parkinson’s or Lou Gehrig’s diseases, and other forms of dementia and brain tumors. No two brains are alike and no two brains injuries are the same makes treatment and recovery a complex and challenging task. In football players, TBI is a serious concern because players do not know or don’t let somebody know about the injury and continually play in fear of losing a spot on the team roster. No player wants to let down the team. Football players only want the respect of other players and get the win at the end of the day. The effects of the injury compounds and clouds their judgment and growth until it is too late to correct problems.…