There are many female soccer players in high school who wear protective headgear and have a sense of confidence that the headgear will protect them from getting any concussions. “Natasha Helmick spent six years playing soccer wearing a headband‚ believing the headgear would prolong her soccer career by preventing concussions. Helmick‚ 20‚ said that the headgear inflated her belief that she was safer on the field and she began to play more aggressively” (Snow). Wearing headgear in soccer will
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Hard Knocks Expository Essay Did you know that “More than 50% of Americans don’t want their sons to play football” (2)? Well it’s true because hard hits can result in concussions which can cause life-time negative health effects. Concussions occur when the brain receives a hard hit and it the brain shakes in the skull. While the government and school districts have already required safer techniques‚ companies should create safer equipment and coaches should enforce safer tackling techniques because
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Concussions The brain is a very delicate and complex organ . It is located inside the head and controls everything we do from movement ‚ our five senses ‚ emotions ‚ thoughts ‚ memory ‚ breathing ‚ our heartbeat ‚ digesting food and our speech . The brain is made of a gelatin like substance and is protected by cerebrospinal fluid and the skull . So imagine what would happen to our brain if it would get damaged . Anything that our brain controls could be altered either temporarily or
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have a risk of stabbing or burning yourself by accident. In this case‚ whenever you participate in a sport‚ you have the risk of getting a concussion. What is a concussion? A concussion is a brain injury caused by a blow to the head or a violent shaking of the head and body. "The Centers for Disease control estimates more than 300‚000 sports-related concussions occur each year in the United States." (Article One) In teens‚ controversy has come to the point where adults ask: By law‚ a medical professional
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Head Trauma: Football plays a great part in the United States. It is a part of our culture and is a part of the atmosphere in the fall when school is about to start. It is an amusing experience for a lot of people and their families. This is what make football a part of our culture. One thing to actually think about though is what is essentially happening to the children‚ the young adults‚ and athletes involved in this sport; they are growing older then‚ attending college or even playing professional
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History Inventors invented the football helmet to prevent head injuries. One of the rarest and first leather football helmet Circa 1903. Soft very thin leather‚ very thin padding. They were the first types of helmets used for football. They were the only means of head protection until after world War II. Soft leather helmets where first used until the 1930s. Then they made them with hard leather that better protected the head. Helmet designs improved over the years by adding more padding
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machine and then the results become read by the doctor to tell if the patient had the concussion. The imaging tests operate with one hundred percent accuraccy and one hundred percent effective. With all of the testing and symptoms and much more all of these concussion have prevention techniques to stop concussions. What if concussions would never happen? Can someone possibly stop the increasing numbers of concussions rising?
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Seven out of ten kids will quit sports before the age of thirteen‚ this is why youth sports are unacceptable. There are many different sports offered to children.Soccer‚ baseball‚ basketball and football‚ are some of the sports offered. These sports have traveling teams‚ club teams and other leagues. As you can see from these facts‚ youth sports not only causes life threatening injuries but also can burnout kids; however people think youth sports has a positive mindset‚ but can also give you a negative
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Encephalopathy (CSTE)... found evidence of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)‚ a progressive degenerate disease."(Whyte 1). Whyte continues to explain that Boogaard suffered brain trauma in his frontal lobe‚ which can be attributed to multiple concussions obtained from years of fighting. The damage to Boogaard ’s brain increased his violent tendencies and lowered his self confidence‚ both of which are symptoms of having brain damage. Boogaard ’s aggressive behavior resulted in more fighting and further
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Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)‚ Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)‚ and Concussions. Throughout this essay information will be given on what those diseases are‚ the symptoms‚ how long people lives with it‚ and the treatments if any. Examples and a summary about famous athletes who suffered or are suffering with the disease is the information needed in this essay to show their journey. People today are trying to figure out ways‚
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