University of Pittsburgh Medical Center’s Sports Medicine Concussion Program. Lovell quoted in this article‚ “Recommends several changes to limit concussions: 1.Have doctors and trainers on the field who understand the Injury. 2.Use standardized concussion tests to determine if an
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Sports are a very popular part of today’s society. Whether people are engaged in sports for exercise‚ for fun‚ or by cheering on their favorite team‚ they are a very important part of today’s culture. Although sports can be very good for your body and health‚ they can also be harmful to you. There are many sports-related injuries that are unfortunately very common today. For these many injuries‚ there are also many precautions and treatments you can use. The most common injuries include contusions
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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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The Reflections of My Life Kim L. Copeland INF103: Computer Literacy Erteza Abdullah July 1‚ 2010 The Reflections of My Life There has been a lot of research in children and early adulthood development‚ as to how each person is different‚ between the ways that a person is brought up from a child to an adult. Other issues can be the way that a child grows to become an adult‚ and how they handle their own family and life. Everyone’s life if different in so many ways; you have those
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States‚ of which roughly 16.5 percent was sports-related. A recent victim of sport-related head injury was Junior Seau‚ a NFL linebacker for the New England Patriots. Over the course of his career he suffered over 1500 concussions. On May 2‚ 2012‚ Seau committed suicide because of concussion triggered depression. Another recent victim of head injury was Nathan Stiles. Nathan was a high school star senior running back and linebacker. One day while Nathan was running for a touchdown he sustained head injury
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soccer ball or throwing the ball to another base. Pulls and dislocations are mostly caused by not warming up properly or just not warming up in general. In both sports you have a chance of getting head injuries. Concussions are a big one‚ you can tell by the symptoms if you have a concussion‚ but you should still see the doctor. Most injuries are not career ending‚ but some can be‚ especially if you are in the major
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Snap‚Did you know that foot ball players get a lot of concussions during their years of being in the NFL.Some foot ball players get hurt so bad that they can’t play for a year.This is going to be about how we can make foot ball safer.I think that we should make foot ball safer. To kick it off‚ "foot ball players serve great risks to there health.They also can get hurt very badly.They can also get very severe brain disorders from getting hit by another player.And memory loss to.Foot ball players
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major brain damage. In the passage "Weighing the risks" it states former players may suffer several types of brain disorders from concussions and severe impacts from tackle. Football players walk away because they know that playing could cost them their lives and health. Even though they are attempting to improve player’s protective gear they are still getting concussions and frequent head injuries. Another fun but risky sport is auto racing many drivers can risk their health and lives too. People
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Head to head contact is when a player lowers his crown and hits his opponent directly in the head. This can cause a player to be ejected for the rest of the game and potentially miss the next game. Though head to head contact is illegal in present day football‚ I believe this rule is unnecessary because it takes away from the game by eliminating the amount of exposure used in a contact sport. Although as football evolves‚ so do the rules as well. Regulations against players hitting defenseless
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only make itself worse‚ it is almost like a death sentence. CTE will “Cause a build-up of an abnormal type of protein called tau‚ which slowly kills brain cells” (what is CTE?). Some say well CTE is only caused by concussions‚ well Dr. Bennet Omuula said “CTE is not caused by concussion.” Which in fact Dr. Omula is the discoverer of CTE and he also thing that younger kids playing football are at higher risk‚ he said “Now‚ he sees the game as an inherently risky activity in which only informed adults
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