colored or have reflectors on the back so you can see the riders. Police and other people believe that everyone should wear a helmet while riding a bike‚ skateboard‚ or inline skating. Helmets protect your head from getting severe injuries such as concussion and brain damage. Most kids or adults without a helmet will most likely end up in the hospital or die from horrible incidents and accidents. Make sure that it fits you
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A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury. A concussion can occur when a hit to the head or body causes the brain to quickly back and forth. (“What is a Concussion?”) When a person gets a repeated amount of concussions they can develop CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). CTE is a disorder that causes the brain to gradually deteriorate and lose mass. In 2002‚ doctors Bennet I. Omalu‚ M.D. and Julian Bailes‚ M.D. were able to diagnose the first professional football player with CTE. Since
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soccer ‚ and hockey. One reason they deserve high salaries is because they have to take on risks. In pro sports athletes get into big collisions or accidents that can cause severe injuries. These injuries can lead to broken bones‚ concussions‚ paralysis‚ or even death. Professional athletes are paid to give audiences excitement‚ but sometimes they could hurt. In football athletes could
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very entertaining blood rushing sport and in some cases all a student feels they have to live for. Most Americans mistakenly believe that all injuries in football are easily taken care of or petty which is not true. In Fact plenty of injuries are concussions and brain damage is much harder to recover from when your kid vs an adult. Football is too dangerous for high school due to the fact of the kids are not fully developed‚ the equipment is not protective enough‚ and there have been plenty injuries
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Concussions are a serious matter‚ that can lead to permanent brain damage and in some cases can lead to death. Because of this athletes who suffered from a concussion during a sport should be required to sit out for longer periods of time‚ so their brains can heal completely. The two reasons why athletes should be required to sit out longer is because the consequences of a second concussion can be severe‚ and also the consequences for just one concussion can also be very severe and last a lifetime
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shaking and suddenly everything goes black. Concussions are a common injury when it comes to contact sports. A concussion is
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A football game it going on and the crowd is cheering. All of a sudden a child goes BOOM! In a blink of an eye he‚ the child is on the floor with pain from a concussion. Is it worth for the pain for contact sports? According to Dictionary.com‚ “contact sports is any sports in which physical contact between players in an accepted part of play.” Some examples of contact sports is: football‚hockey;boxing and‚ basketball etc. Every year about 30 million children get injured from contact sports. Due
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As artificial turf grows in popularity‚ questions about health risks arise. It seems as though every school with an athletic field wants to install artificial turf. Some parents worry about their children spending time on fields that may produce cancer causing agents. Professional sports experts suggest artificial turf may cause more knee injuries to athletes because of cleats on shoes sticking in the synthetic field (Patton 2). Health risks from artificial turf appear in several different forms
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“Whoever said gymnastics was ‘easy’...must’ve never step foot in a gym.” (Anonymous) Gymnastics is a different and interesting sport. Most sports have one thing to focus on. In Gymnastics‚ there are four events to focus on: the vault‚ bars‚ beam and floor. Your hands get ripped‚ you get sore‚ you can tear‚ break‚ and sprain many parts of your body during practice.. Even when you hurt yourself‚ you have to get back up and keep going to succeed. Gymnastics is harder than other sports because you
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Pain is described as an “unpleasant physical and emotional experience which signifies tissue damage or the potential for such damage.” Pain is a very important part of dealing with athletic injuries and even though most people have experiences pain‚ it is still more complex than most release. Pain can effect and entire organism and is the altering of the physical and psychological processes. If there is a failure to understand the emotional component of pain can affect the relationship between the
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