Football has been around for hundreds of years but no one knows the full truth behind it. Football is an extremely dangerous sport and many athletes suffer from concussions every year. A concussion is a brain injury caused by a blow to the head and body. Concussions are very common amongst athletes and studies show that there are three million cases per year in the United States. As concussions continue to grow Concussions are extremely serious and can sometimes result in death. Some symptoms
Pow! Another head injury. Football is a sport full of bad head injuries. Every year thousands of players get hurt over simply wanting to have fun. It is getting to the point where people should not continue to play football because it is simply not safe to play anymore. One reason people should not continue to play, is because Football is the number one sport where head injuries occur. Another reason people should get rid of the sport, is because players lives will never be the same, even if they
football players are at risk for concussions and head injuries. A recent study says, “researchers examined the brains of 202 deceased former football players at all levels. Nearly 88 percent of all the brains, 177, had CTE”(Goldman).CTE also know as a concussion has been a present-day concern regarding the safety of football players on all levels. Researchers are now finding out the cause of concussions, how to reduce concussions and brain injuries and companies are now making helmets that are more
have life altering effects. These risks include the possibility of severe head and spinal injuries, which are caused by numerous impacts to the head. Concussions and spine injuries are two of the most severe injuries that are associated with the risk of football. Concussions are a head injury that, if not taken care of properly, can have serious neurological effects. The primary cause of a concussion is a high intensity head impact. These types of impacts are praised on the professional level, which
risks include the possibility of serve head and spinal injuries, which are caused by numerous impacts to the head. Concussions and cervical spine injuries are two of the most serve injuries that are associated with the risk of football. Concussions are a head injury that, if not taken care of properly, can have serious neurological effects. These neurological effects can be more detrimental on children. The primary cause of a concussion is a high intensity head impact. These types of impacts are praised
Football League (NFL) is one of the most popular sports in the Unites States; the NFL is also a multi- billion dollar industry and more importantly the NFL is also known for being a very physical sport, so much so that football plays encounter mass head trauma which some players have to live with for the rest of their life. This essay will be exploring in detail all of the above and more, a brief history on the NFL, the organization’s leadership approaches, and what we have learned about the NFL’s organization’s
More importantly, the brain of an athlete who plays football is in the hot seat for injury through collisions which are bound to happen almost every play. “As the risk of concussions and brain traumas have become better understood and more widely known, fewer young people are playing the game”(Gregory, Sean.). Football is not a sport worth dying for and is not a sport worth playing where injuries could result in major brain
Abstract An inferior hip dislocation with an ipsilateral subtrochanteric fracture is an extremely rare occurrence. It is mostly due to high energy trauma. We report a case of right traumatic inferior hip dislocation associated with closed subtrochanteric fracture and contralateral closed distal third femur shaft fracture. Closed reduction was performed with joystick maneuver using a Schantz screw percutaneously into the femoral neck under general anesthesia. Subsequently, the ipsilateral and contralateral
INTRODUCTION Trauma is a major health care problem in present day society. In spite of the high rates of morbidity and mortality associated with trauma, it is still not regarded as a major disease.1 Maxillofacial trauma has become a major point in focus, owing to its increasing incidence and the multispecialty management which it dictates. Maxillofacial injuries, either with or without associated systemic injuries, account for a large number of hospital admissions, especially through the emergency
WHIPLASH INJURIES AND TREATMENT INTRODUCTION Whiplash injury was first described by Crow in 1928 and is a major source of illness in Western countries. The term whiplash was used to describe the mechanism of injury, the injury itself, the various clinical manifestations that developed as a sequence of the injury, and signs and symptoms designated as “the whiplash syndrome”. In 1995, the Quebe Task Force on the Whiplash Associated Disorders adopted the following definition of whiplash: “Whiplash