Sports Injury Annotated Bibliography Essay

Sports Injuries: An Annotated Bibliography Sports have been around since the olympics in 790 B.C., yet only recently has the affects of these sports on our body been addressed. Dr. Bennet Omalu brought attention to the NFLs injuries like no other in 2002, when he discovered that the former football star Mike Webster, the Pittsburgh Steelers championship center, had a degenerative brain disease due to constant head trauma(1). Since the discovery other sports, such as rodeo for example, have shown that the NFL isn’t the only sport dealing with the effects of concussions(2). I was drawn to this subject because I wanted to learn about a topic that I find interesting and could use in my day to day life. Other things I learned about during my research is chronic muscle pains due to sports and ways to treat the pain(4). There are certain foods such as sardines and cranberry juice that actually have effects similar to ibuprofen in reducing inflammation in muscles. Also, things such as chiropractic treatment and acupuncture have actually been shown to decrease pain in its subjects. Additionally, it has been
Bennet Omalu’s movie “Concussion” as it really shined alight on the damage NFL players do to themselves playing the game on a major stage in a well produced retelling. I really enjoyed Dave Zirin’s article “High Price of Concussions”, as it went into detail about not only the effects of concussions on NFL stars, but also the effect on peewee and high school players(5). A good book was “Traumatic Brain Injury”, which goes very into detail about how an injury to the brain that is not fully healed before being reintroduced into contact could result in a TBI. Now my last source is a less scientific one and more of a practical guide to treating an injury. “Managing Sports Injuries”, Christopher Norris is a book made to teach medical students how to treat certain sports injuries in the moment, such as strains, concussions, and broken