What if concussions would never happen? Can someone possibly stop the increasing numbers of concussions rising? …show more content…
Heads Up Football works to teach kids in youth football to tackle with their head up instead of having their head down. When a player has their head down they become more likely to receive a concussion. Heads Up Football goes into organizations and teaches them correct form tackling to lower the risk of concussions. When youth players learn the correct way to tackle they lower the risk of concussions as they proceed up through high school. When the players know the correct way to tackle they lower the number of concussions in the high school level. Heads Up Football works with USA Football to move Heads Up Football across the globe. USA Football, basically a coach's instruction guide, works to teach coaches the correct way to teach their players football. Since USA Football has paired with Heads Up Football they have worked to receive more recognition. With the Heads Up Football the players have to have the right …show more content…
Concussions come with a bad rap and they deserve the bad rap that they have. A concussion would be an injury that someone would not want to receive if the person could avoid it. Many of the symptoms of concussions cause a lot of pain and even some of the symptoms can send the person to the hospital. Also with concussions the injury will take the participant out of participating in sports, activities and even going to school. Not participating in school would hurt because the student did not obtain the notes for the new lesson or even take a major test. With a concussion injury the injury just not only hurts in sports but also hurts someone with academics. Different tests used by doctors can come at a cost too. MRI and CT scans cost an arm and a leg to have testing and if the patient does not have the right insurance the patient may have to pay out of pocket. But, with Impact Testing at high schools the schools luckily provide the tests for free. With the Impact Test patients do not have to pay ridiculous prices to know if the person has a concussion. The Impact Test will tell that trainer or physician that the athlete has a concussion without the high prices of an MRI or CT scan. With multiple concussions a disease can develop from multiple concussions. The disease will make the person go insane and lose mass of his or her brain. The disease also may cause the person to go