athletes, 1 out of 5 high school athletes will get a concussion during their sports season (“Sports Concussion Statistics”). Throughout my years of high school, I have always been told that I just need to be wrapped in bubble wrap. I have had several injuries from volleyball whether it is my hands, ribs, back, knees, or ankles. Normally I do not completely listen to the doctor’s advice, but now I do. Last year at the Versailles volleyball tournament, I got a concussion. After such a horrifying experience
many school issues that need to be addressed. One major problem is the increasing number of concussions that are occurring in high school sports. In this paper I will explore the problem of concussions and talk about the ramifications of concussions. Until the last few years, school athletes suffering from concussions has not been addressed seriously. However, the impact on students and schools is tremendous. Many organizations and schools have not taken precautions to address concussions. However
removed from schools. Without a doubt concussions are one of the most dangerous parts of football. But some students think because they have all that padding on they can't get hurt. But you can because there is no such thing as a concussion proof helmet. Every year over 90,000 students get a concussion and according to health news.com about 25,000 of those students need to go to a hospital due to traumatic brain injuries. This means football needs to be taken out of schools because school sports are
only coached but played football himself stated that he would NOT want an 8 year old boy to play football. There are many ways concussions can be bad just some examples are, how concussions affect their home life, that girls have a higher chance of getting concussions, and how the school life of a student will be affected after a concussion. In the first place, Concussions can affect people in many ways, one way is home life/ how they live at home. CTE ( chronic traumatic encephalopathy ) can be
football helmets prevent blacking out, but not all concussions. Most get concussions and don’t know it. Most die later from a concussion disease. During football games, concussions happen a lot, but we just don’t notice them. Neither does the player. Concussions does not always have to do with passing out. Sometimes it is just a blurry vision or being a little off balance. Those concussions can lead to major brain problems. A really bad concussion disease is called the Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy
being taught on how to avoid injury, and laws and rules are being changed to prevent concussions from occurring. Players and coaches are more educated than ever before about the risk and how to prevent concussions. Coaches are teaching ways to make the game more safe to avoid injury, "The coaches have been told to tell the players to use their shoulders instead of their heads." This reduces the chance of concussions and other brain injuries significantly. It's not that football is dangerous, it is
depression that leads to suicide. CTE is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in athletes and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma.(http://www.bu.edu/cte/about/what-is-cte/) This are examplelike symptomatic concussions and asymptomatic subconcussive hits to the head.CTE is related with memory lost, and impaired judgment, depression, aggression it can only be diagnosed after death. lots of doctor have done many research on many football players that have CTE
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 of concussions are headache, confusion, lack of coordination, memory loss, nausea, vomiting
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 due to popularity, have
decision. And number two: Don’t play through concussions. Who knows how many hits is too many?” This is about the only sentence I agreed with in the article. I think the most important thing is to not play through concussions. Last year for mock trial are case was about a girl who received numerous brain injuries from soccer. In the case the doctors said that it wouldn’t have had much damage if she hadn’t been playing after she had gotten a concussion a few months earlier. Based on this background