The Effect of Diseases on an Athlete’s Body When thinking about the disease that athletes get‚ and hearing more and more about it in the media‚ it has become a growing idea of what should be done. It is becoming very common that sports players are coming out that they are being diagnosed with either a neurodegenerative disease or some kind of CTE. Many researchers have found different causes to these diseases‚ but most of them lead back to sports and how the players get hit too hard or too much
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injuries" 3‚800‚000 concussions were reported in 2012‚ double what was reported in 2002.(TS 2 pg.2 art. 1 Paragraph 7 ) That’s a lot of people! Many people get injured easily. A good coach is an important part of staying safe and having fun while doing that. There are many inexperienced coaches. "Personally‚ if I had a son‚ I would not be concerned with him playing football. I would however make sure that his coaches understand the proper techniques that decrease the risk of concussions‚" (TS 2‚ pg. 14
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Sports Injuries and How an Injury Lawyer Can Help Many sportsmen suffer various kinds of injuries while playing and some of these injuries are as a result of negligence‚ unexpected violence‚ inadequate supervision or construction‚ or unsafe facilities. Sports injuries range from mild to severe and over a period‚ these injuries can affect your career. One can avoid such injuries by exercising appropriate safety and taking the necessary precaution. If you have suffered from such injuries due to another
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The Nervous System: Head Trauma Head trauma is an injury to the head that may or may not be brain related. The injury can me mild or very severe depending on the cause‚ head injuries can be causes from a wide variety of accidents or incidents. You can have head trauma from automobile accidents‚ slips and falls‚ sport accidents‚ violent shaking to the head/body (common with babies or small children) assaults or fights‚ and gunshot injury to the head. Head or brain can be damaged directly by things
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as Sport and Exercise Medicine (SEM). It deals with the physical fitness‚ treatment and prevention of injuries related to either sports or exercise. Orthopedics is a large part of sports medicine. The most common sports related injuries are: concussions‚ muscle cramps‚ ACL (anterior cruciate ligament) sprains‚ ACL tears‚ ankle sprains‚ shin splints‚ muscle strains‚ groin pulls‚ hamstring pulls‚ and tennis elbow (inflammation of the elbow). Personally I have experienced four of the injuries I have
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“In organized high school sports‚ concussions occur more often in competitive sports‚ with football accounting for more than 60% of concussions” (Brain). Other mental injuries caused my football are Dementia‚ Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy‚ and Long-Term Depression. Some of the physical injuries are bone breaks and fractures‚ ligament tears
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we all came to love and enjoy watching? Hearing the words from the commentators‚ “he got the wind knocked out of him‚” when the players were slammed to the ground as part of the game at the time and believing that concussions were part of the game. Upon hearing the word “concussion” was normal for contact sports and now has become more of a health issue for sport athletes today. There have been talks to improve traumatic brain
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and claims that you were best friends‚ but you have no idea who they are. This happens to so many children and teens‚ because of the sport football. Kids get hit in the head‚ and they are never the same again. Football should be banned‚ because concussions are a horrible injury that can be life threatening‚ and injuries to the head have long term effects. The first reason why football should be banned is‚ injuries to the head can have long term effects. “If someone gets hit too hard in the head‚
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The parents of a 16-year-old youth who died after a football game last fall‚ say he was forced to take the field with a sub standardized helmet. Damon W. James‚ attended Westfield Academy and Central School. Damon staggered to the sideline during his Westfield/Brocton football team’s lopsided loss to Portville. On September 13. He collapsed there and died three days later in Buffalo’s Women & Children’s Hospital. Initial reports had Damon suffering to a serious helmet-to-helmet collision‚ which likely
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