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
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children have been developing physical injuries resulting from certain types of contact sports. One of the new findings from these studies is that once a person especially a child receives a concussion‚ the probability that they will get another is a lot greater. Recently children have died from concussions‚ which they have received from playing contact sports. The future of contact sports will benefit greatly from these studies. With every study they preform‚ the more safe guards that can be
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hits‚ concussions mostly and many other death leading damage. All of these injuries and situations leading to death shows you that it is a good idea for schools and recreation departments to start eliminating football programs because of safety issues. An Article by "Hard Knocks" By Gabriel Charles Tyler states that “The National Football League (NFL) for years denied there was a link between the sport and brain damage‚ but in 2009‚ it acknowledged publicly for the first time that concussions suffered
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of NFL players have suffered from at least one concussion in their professional career. The NFL should consider the impact of head injuries that plague many players past and present. Many football players suffer from concussions‚ and may experience CTE chronic traumatic encephalopathy‚ chronic headaches and loss of memory. Over 3‚800 players or families of living and deceased players have now sued the NFL due to head injuries (King). Many concussions have been undiagnosed; players may not even shows
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with him about his past (medically) we found out that he has had three mild concussions from High School and College football. He was then taken in for a CT scan which found a crescentic (crescent moon- shaped) presence. Due to this information given I think that this could be a migraine‚ concussion‚ second impact syndrome‚ or a brain tumor. Finial Diagnoses:
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the ball he fell to the ground unconscious. When he was taken to the hospital‚ he had a very bad concussion and had never damage in his neck. Players and coaches‚ agree that in youth soccer headers shouldn’t be banned because its effect on the
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teens are fit with proper fitting equipment. Helmets have been changed to help decrease the chance of getting a concussion. More rules have been put in place that put safety as a higher priority. As for improving safety in football‚ cnn.com reports that “All 50states have adopted some sort of concussion legislation with minimum return-to-play guidelines for students who have had concussions.” Coaches are no longer saying suck it up and go like they used to. One of the leading leagues for teens playing
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Concussion‚ the life style of the rich and famous‚ and spending time away from family and friends‚ are three effects of playing football. Concussions are from being injured in football and being talked about in the media today. Concussions are mostly caused from head to head contact in a football game or practice. When a player suffers from a concussion‚ it is very serious because of the brain damage it can cause‚ including memory lost‚ blurred vision‚ and loss of consciousness. Concussions can
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from little league all the way until Major League Baseball. However‚ face masks are not required in the majority of leagues after children progress from younger age groups. The issue that results from the lack of face masks involves a number of concussions that could be prevented‚ as well as other areas of the face being at risk. Face masks should be required for every player on the field‚ including pitchers‚ batters‚ and fielders‚ especially at the high school level in Louisiana.
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occurrence of injuries in children at such a young age. Many injuries such as concussions go unnoticed therefore prolonging and escalating the severity of injuries‚ in some cases leading to death. For example‚ second impact syndrome occurs when an athlete returns to a sport too early after suffering from an initial concussion and obtains another concussion shortly after. This often causes fatal effects. Several concussions go undetected because of the difficulty in diagnosing whether one is present
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