The Importance Of ALS In Sports

Life With ALS Have you ever wondered what the meaning behind the infamous ice bucket challenge is? Many people do not fully understand the actual diseases that the ice bucket challenge portrays. ALS and CTE’s are diseases that are developed due to abundance of concussions, and lack of treatment for those concussions. Most people who develop these diseases are athletes who played contact sports during their high school years or people who continued and went on to play professional. Many athletes do not understand the severeness of the disease, and are only worried about the present time, which is winning a game and helping their team to victory. The NFL and many other sport affiliates are being pressured to create new rules and guidelines to try to prevent the development of ALS within the
Studies show that the most common reason for ALS is because athletes are choosing to play with concussions, instead of resting. ALS impairs all physical function, but does not affect the mind. Doctors to this day have not found a cure for ALS. A person with ALS will start to feel weak to the body, and eventually be dependent on a spouse or family member to take care of them and their needs. A person with ALS cannot walk, or even talk without the assistance of a loved one. Most people with ALS are fed through feeding tubes. New developments have been created to allow a person with ALS to communicate with family members, such as the ability to type with movements of their eyes, and allowing the computer speak for them. Although many new developments have been created to fulfill a sense of comfort for a person with ALS, no new developments for a cure have