Preventing Concussions In Football

Concussions in football are not surprising anymore and we don’t think about the effects it will have on us later in our life. Concussions are a brain injury that alters the way our brain functions and if enough damage occurs it can produce long term effects. Concussions are changing the game of football more and more every year. Players are experiencing long term effects from concussions from the NFL and now the NFL is taking some heat from how they handled the injuries at the time. The game is trying to help players, and it’s important to understand what they are and the dangers of them, Effects of them such as CTE, and how rules are being put in place to protect players.
Concussions are a real problem in the game of football and happen everyday
How to prevent concussions in the game of football. Football has implemented more rules such as no hitting a defenseless player and no head to head contact.Mouth guards are a large part of preventing concussions.
Playing by the rules and teaching good technique will keep the players safe as possible. The best way to prevent concussions are obviously by the head gear. There is a new helmet that is forsure a safer helmet to use for the NFL. The NFL put a head health Challenge and the VICIS helmet was a winner of it.
The NFL is spending 60 million dollars on improving brain injuries with better technology. Sam Browd was a founder of the VICIS and won the New head health Challenge. This helmet protects the brain unlike the standard helmets that protects against skull fractures. This helmet is a more padded helmet that absorbs contact from blows instead of bounces your head around in the helmet. The symptoms of CTE include memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, impulse control problems, aggression, depression, anxiety, suicidality, parkinsonism, and, eventually, progressive dementia. The Brain does not moves with the skull so when the head takes and impact then the brain slams into the skull which causes