For many athletes,
For many athletes,
In anything you do, there comes a risk. For example, if you drive a car, you could get into a crash or if you are cooking, chances are you have a risk of stabbing or burning yourself by accident. In this case, whenever you participate in a sport, you have the risk of getting a concussion. What is a concussion? A concussion is a brain injury caused by a blow to the head or a violent shaking of the head and body. "The Centers for Disease control estimates more than 300,000 sports-related concussions occur each year in the United States." (Article One) In teens, controversy has come to the point where adults ask: By law, a medical professional must sign off before an injured player can go back on the field. If head injuries (more specifically,…
Football helmets have always been designed to prevent and stop skull fractures. Now they have the same design and are trying to prevent concussions and professionals don't even fully understand concussions. “The majority of helmets are designed , tested and certified for linear compression only. They don't help/prevent violent twisting during angled impacts. The sharp twisting from angled impacts. The sharp twisting from angled hits increases the potential of…
I am independant and very stubborn. This past winter during basketball season I received a concussion one day during practice. Concussions are way more difficult to cope with than most people think. I knew the people who loved me did, and that they would always be there for me. However, before my concussion I never truly had to rely on them. I love my friends and family to death but I am very independant. I hardly ever want help with anything because I want to do it all by myself and I am really stubborn, these arent always the best characteristics to have but it’s part of my package. Before my injury, I was the one who helped other people with their problems and I never really told people about my problems, so I just stuffed it down and acted like everything was fine. I was able to get by, barely, until December 15, 2016…
Have you ever been injured before? In many sports they are very common because the contact is necessary. When you see a cheap shot or a player that has lost his cool and headhunting, as a ref what do you do? That’s where these new rules come in, although they slow the game down a lot, its probably in the interest of safety. The new rules only increase the time in the box, therefore are not a good change to the game.…
High impact sports can cause concussions. The article stated, ”Research has shown that kids who began playing tackle football before the age of 12 are more likely to develop thinking and memory problems as adults.”(17) All over our country there are many schools that have football teams and I know there are schools that have kids under the age…
We must focus our attention to a serious issue that haunts a lot of athletes around the world. Concussions are making the lives of athletes difficult and they need to be prevented. Having a concussion is a big problem if you’re an athlete playing sports. Not only are concussions traumatic brain injuries, but if you get multiple concussions in a certain period of time you might be susceptible to diseases that will later occur in your life.…
What do you think when you hear the word “concussion”? I’m sure you think, like most people do, about a football player getting a head injury in the game. That’s what I used to think about concussions, until I got one, and trust me it was not from a football game. I just finished up my first semester as a freshman at Kutztown University and I was home for winter break. I was in the car with my best friend pulling up to an intersection at a red light. It was three days after Christmas, so it was already dark outside around 5:30 P.M. We waited for the light to change green, I looked both ways like they taught in the Driver’s Manual before I proceeded to cross the intersection. And there it was, a car speeding through a red light and hitting…
Breslow, Jason M. "High School Football Players Face Bigger Concussion Risk." PBS. Frontline, 31 Oct. 2013. Web. 19 Oct. 2016.…
As stated in a medical journal developed by a Rhode Island medical journal, these head injuries are now being looked at closer. The statistics from the article say that they’re over 100,000 reported concussion cases in student athletes ranging from high school to college football, along with a lengthy paragraph stating what the outcomes happen due to the effects of a concussion. Stating that frontal lobe development might slow down or stop entirely making simple problem solving skills and emotional control a lot harder on for the individual in life, due to this…
According to the video made by WCPO, the concussion rate has tripled in the past decade. Adding to that for students between 14-19 the emergency room visits have gone up from 7,000 a year to 22,000 every year (WCPO). This has extreme importance because concussions can cause memory loss, brain damage and depression. This proves that too many concussions could rob a child of their youth. As you can see high school sports aren’t in the best interest for you…
On page twenty five, source two it states that “Concussions are more dangerous for teenagers because, studies show, their brain tissue is less developed than adults’ and more easily damaged. High school players also typically receive less expert medical care than college or pro players, or none at all. No expert medical care “AT ALL” for high school football players. Adding in all the injuries that can come with playing football this doesn’t help it’s case.…
high school athletes are more vulnerable to concussions than older students and may take longer time to recover. In other words, due to high school athletes playing sports, they have a greater advantage of getting head traumas than…
Traumatic Brain Injury is a nondegenerative and noncongenitally insult to the brain from an external mechanical force possibly leading to permanent or temporary impairment of cognitive, physical, and psychosis functions, with an associated diminished or altered state of consciousness. The diagnosis for TBI is often self-evident. Health care providers may use one or more tests that assess a person's physical injuries, brain, nerve functioning, and level of consciousness. The focus is on lifesaving measures. The patient may be on a ventilator and sedated and the evaluation for brain injury will be limited until the patient can emerge from medications and mechanical ventilation. Mild traumatic brain injury may not be diagnosed until the individual…
This paper explores the meaning of Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) and how it affects children and adolescents through their school years. The paper will first introduce what a traumatic brain injury can be, how it can be identified, and what the affects can be to the students. There will be two peer reviewed journals that speak on types of TBIs. The first article is based around information on Shaken Baby Syndrome (SBS), where the second article focuses the impact of post-traumatic stress (PTSD) on students who have experienced a traumatic brain injury. This paper also references of brainline.org, this is a website and organization specifically designed to inform and help those with TBI and those who work with people with TBI. The…
Concussions and Head Trauma go hand in hand when it comes to sports. A concussion is a brain injury caused by a blow to the head, can also be said as violent shaking or bruising or the brain. This affects balance, eyesight, strength, and the prefrontal region of the brain. Many describe that a concussion has a feeling close to being hit in the head with a sledgehammer. In the NFL the force of one is approximately the same as being hit at 20 mph. Although there is no cure or guaranteed prevention against concussions, there are ways to reduce symptoms, including less use of electronic devices, complete rest, and a break from the sport until symptoms diminish. Football, a male dominated sport, maintains to be number one on the most recieved list, but it was proven that women get twice as more concussions as men. A study found that the cause for this was the girth of women's necks seems to be much smaller than men's, as well as the hormone estradiol in women is a common cause for migraines, making it worse when attaining a concussion. There are 3 tests that can be given to properly diagnose a concussion, they happen to be, a neurological exam (vision, hearing, etc.), cognitive tests (memory), and imaging tests (CT scan, MRI). Through all the funding raised, especially for youth sports, a better protocol and more efficient protective measures should be taken in order to ensure better safety for athletes on the…