Preventing Concussions In Football

Concussions in football are not surprising anymore and we don’t think about the effects it will have on us later in our life. Concussions are a brain injury that alters the way our brain functions and if enough damage occurs it can produce long term effects. Concussions are changing the game of football more and more every year. Players are experiencing long term effects from concussions from the NFL and now the NFL is taking some heat from how they handled the injuries at the time. The game is trying to help players, and it’s important to understand what they are and the dangers of them, Effects of them such as CTE, and how rules are being put in place to protect players.
Concussions are a real problem in the game of football and happen everyday
somewhere whether it is a high school, college, or NFL practice. Concussions are a real problem in the game of football and happen everyday somewhere whether it is a high school, college, or NFL practice. The study found that during the 2012 and 2013 seasons there were 1,198 concussions reported with 141 (about 12 percent) of them in youth athletes. 795 (about 66 percent) in high school athletes, 262 (about 22 percent) in college athletes.Study shows that high school athletes suffer more severe and longer concussions, Because the frontal lobes of the human brain continue to develop until age 25. It is also known to give you worse effects later in life as opposed to when the brain is done growing. Happen once, they’re easy to repeat. Study shows If an athlete has had one concussion then they are 1-2 times more likely, Study shows If an athlete has had two concussion then they are 2-4 times more likely, Study shows If an athlete has had three concussion then they are 3.9 times more likely.
The Long term effects from a concussions not only suffered from football but from other head related injuries can cause CTE. CTE is a progressively degenerative disease of the brain that occurs in people with repetitive head trauma. These symptoms often happen years or even decades after the brain injuries occurred. The symptoms of CTE include memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, impulse control problems, aggression, depression, anxiety, suicidality, parkinsonism, and, eventually, progressive dementia. CTE is caused by repetitive head trauma. CTE is not only caused by concussions but from blow after blow to the head which happen every play in football. CTE is a lot of genetics because some people have a lot of brain trauma but don’t have CTE. CTE can not be diagnosed until after death. There is no way to see CTE in an MRI so it can not be diagnosed. The CTE center is working towards diagnosing it during life.
Change to examples of players and ways to lesson concussions like new rules and helmets.
How to prevent concussions in the game of football. Football has implemented more rules such as no hitting a defenseless player and no head to head contact.Mouth guards are a large part of preventing concussions.
Playing by the rules and teaching good technique will keep the players safe as possible. The best way to prevent concussions are obviously by the head gear. There is a new helmet that is forsure a safer helmet to use for the NFL. The NFL put a head health Challenge and the VICIS helmet was a winner of it.
The NFL is spending 60 million dollars on improving brain injuries with better technology. Sam Browd was a founder of the VICIS and won the New head health Challenge. This helmet protects the brain unlike the standard helmets that protects against skull fractures. This helmet is a more padded helmet that absorbs contact from blows instead of bounces your head around in the helmet. The symptoms of CTE include memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, impulse control problems, aggression, depression, anxiety, suicidality, parkinsonism, and, eventually, progressive dementia. The Brain does not moves with the skull so when the head takes and impact then the brain slams into the skull which causes
concussions.
Concussions are big part of the game of football, the problem is too many of them can cause brain disorders such as CTE, the NFL tried to cover up concussion injuries and as a result had to pay the price.Summary of main points: CTE is a brain disorder that occurs when there is repetitive brain damage from not only football but other head related injuries. The NFL tried to cover up these injuries resulting in a lawsuit for them. Return to general context: CTE is a serious problem for not only football players but people who have had a lot of brain injuries in their lifetime and needs to find a way to be treated. CTE needs to be treated and wtched by all people who play sports especially athletes who play football at all ages.