is by repetitive brain collisions or trauma including symptomatic concussions as well as asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head or spinal cord. The history of CTE goes as far back as 1920 when it commonly found in boxers then as years went by it was moving into the sport of football where it was mandatory to tackle or hit‚ or even push. The sports football and boxing were the two sports that athletes were receiving concussions and neck injuries almost every day and not even knowing because it
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Concussions The brain is a very delicate and complex organ . It is located inside the head and controls everything we do from movement ‚ our five senses ‚ emotions ‚ thoughts ‚ memory ‚ breathing ‚ our heartbeat ‚ digesting food and our speech . The brain is made of a gelatin like substance and is protected by cerebrospinal fluid and the skull . So imagine what would happen to our brain if it would get damaged . Anything that our brain controls could be altered either temporarily or
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brain. The incidences of concussions among athletes has been steadily on the rise and with this increase‚ more and more athletes have suffered multiple concussions‚ which leads to the occurrence of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy‚ or CTE‚ which has become a term that is gaining recognition among those who are treating these athletes (Jolicoeur et al‚ 2007). CTE is a brain disorder that has symptoms that appear to be like Alzheimer’s and is caused by repeated trauma or concussions to the brain. The difference
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Adam started playing football at abnormal age of thirteen. By the time he is out of high school‚ will have suffered from eight concussions and a broken leg. Sure his leg can make a full recovery but his brain never will. The sport of football is built on violence. Football is a dangerous sport and changes Football is a dangerous sport and needs to equipment and rules needs to be made. Jeffri Chadiha‚ Jeff Sports writer and examiner‚ has multiple ideas of how to make football safer. One way is to
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injuries are either concussion or brain injuries. In total‚ more than fifty-thousand people seek medical attention for rugby injuries each year‚ costing sixty million dollars--compared to football which causes 1.2 million injuries per year. So...why did football evolved from rugby? Why is equipment involved now? Was it to attract the attention of people by hitting harder with the equipment? That I will get to you
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injuries" 3‚800‚000 concussions were reported in 2012‚ double what was reported in 2002.(TS 2 pg.2 art. 1 Paragraph 7 ) That’s a lot of people! Many people get injured easily. A good coach is an important part of staying safe and having fun while doing that. There are many inexperienced coaches. "Personally‚ if I had a son‚ I would not be concerned with him playing football. I would however make sure that his coaches understand the proper techniques that decrease the risk of concussions‚" (TS 2‚ pg. 14
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A football game it going on and the crowd is cheering. All of a sudden a child goes BOOM! In a blink of an eye he‚ the child is on the floor with pain from a concussion. Is it worth for the pain for contact sports? According to Dictionary.com‚ “contact sports is any sports in which physical contact between players in an accepted part of play.” Some examples of contact sports is: football‚hockey;boxing and‚ basketball etc. Every year about 30 million children get injured from contact sports. Due
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To many‚ the solution to the concussion epidemic is to simply make a better helmet. However‚ as stated above‚ making a better helmet is not as easy as it seems. Since helmet use is required for all players in the NFL‚ there have been mixed reviews on which helmets are the best and provide the highest level of protection. The VSR 4 helmet has been the most popular helmet worn by players in the NFL. Since the original development of this helmet‚ there have been more advancements in helmet technology
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Have you ever played football? Did you like it? Well‚ football is dangerous sport. Football is dangerous enough that you have to even quit football. Kids should not be able to play football‚ because football causes a lot of concussions‚ and concussion is a serious problem. Football players get serious injuries such as broken elbows. Also‚ there is CTE‚ which is a dangerous brain disease. First‚ football causes lots of CTE. Basically‚ CTE is Chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ and it is type of brain
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in which the design argument provides evidence for the existence of God The design argument is an explanation used by theists to prove the existence of God. It is also called the teleological argument. The word teleological comes from the Greek word teleos which means ‘end’ or ‘purpose’. The argument uses observation of the natural world to provide evidence of design and uses this evidence to back up the existence of God as what has been designed needs a designer. As the argument uses evidence to confirm
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