impact sports injuries that cause concussions‚ major brain damage such as CTE‚ and can sometimes result in death. Concussions as a result of high impact sports are something that can affect a person for life. The text states‚ “several former football players all found to have CTE and have committed suicide and hundreds more continue to suffer from irreversible brain damage” this evidence is important because it shows that many kids who have had major concussions can be suffering with something
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have some type of medical team or medical kit with you at all times. Concussions are the biggest concern when it comes to injuries. Especially playing football‚ or boxing or other head to head sports. In each sport they make rules to try and prevent the cause of concussions. The rules in each sport nowadays are so advanced that they try so hard to push the importance of how bad a concussion can be toward an athlete. A concussion could ruin a player’s season‚ or even career. This doesn’t just happen
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All sports can cause injuries but high impact sports cause the most. The article “Hard Knocks” talks about injuries from high impact sports. Long term health effects from high impact sports are CTE which cause suicidal thoughts and concussions which lead to brain injuries. One long term effect of high impact sports are suicidal thoughts. The article states “several former players-all found to have CTE have committed suicide”(15). The importance of this statement is to show that people who receive
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But do to better equipment players are also getting less head injuries like concussions. But football douse need some more changes to make the game safer. l. types of injuries? The most common type of injure in football is concussions. A concussion happens when you get hit and then your head bangs against your skull. Some concussions can be life threating. “43‚000 to 67‚000 high schoolers get concussions per year.” Commentary: many athletes fail to report their symptoms like headaches
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way the game is being played and the way it affects the players. One of the many ways it affects the players is benefiting their health‚ and that’s why most of the new rules are added into the NFL. There is an average of 128 concussions per year and about nine concussions per week. There are positive ends and negative ends of the whole situation that can make the game boring for the players and also the spectators. This also makes the game safer for the players in their long-term life from their
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Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)‚ Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)‚ and Concussions. Throughout this essay information will be given on what those diseases are‚ the symptoms‚ how long people lives with it‚ and the treatments if any. Examples and a summary about famous athletes who suffered or are suffering with the disease is the information needed in this essay to show their journey. People today are trying to figure out ways‚
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try to prevent concussions. This could backfire and change the game permanently. Holding players back from being able to play to the best of their ability. Football is the number one sport in North America‚ changing the game we know today could lead to a decline in popularity for the sport. Football players know the risks to their health and thus should be allowed to play the sport without any additional rules or equipment modifications. First‚ what is a concussion? “A concussion is a type of traumatic
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Informative speech on Concussions Intro Imagine your head pounding and you don’t know where you are‚ your eyes are dilated and you can’t remember how or what happened. All of a sudden you’re getting help being carried off by people you can’t recognize. You get to the sideline and they start asking you multiple questions‚ who are we playing? What’s the score? And you stumble to answer these questions and get them wrong. Then they make you take a seat on the bench and say your done playing and inform
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be a part of even though it’s fun to watch and fun to play. With the increase of head injuries the NFL and college programs have been introducing rule changes to prohibit players from returning to the game or to the game if they have received a concussion. I’m against football because it’s too dangerous for the people that play the sport.
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Hard Hitter‚ No Quitter Over the last decade there has been plenty of awareness concerning Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)‚ and concussions‚ but not enough about what causes these diseases. ALS can be a torturous disease‚ with no cure and effects lasting many years‚ leading to more suffering. CTE leads to irreversible brain damage and other incurable illnesses.Concussions have become common in the sports world today‚ but without the proper treatment
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