The first way to prevent sports injuries is to educate people about it. Sports injuries are a common problem in sports these days. One of the most common sports injury is a concussion. The concussion can be life threatening because it has to do with the brain. “42% of teens playing sports said they have downplayed or hidden an injury because they wanted to keep playing” according to Elizabeth Murry. If 42% of students are not telling coaches they can be severely injured and puts them at risk of being
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Injuries can be quite an experience especially the one that we consider to be life changing. Injuries are something that can happen to us at almost anytime but usually do not but when they do we are never quite prepared for them. In this story‚ I had gotten injured and still am dealing with it today and was not at all prepared to be hurt at all. No injury is good but good things have come from being injured. When the injury happened first I had received the injury‚ then taken to the hospital and
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Acute kidney injury (AKI) is sudden decrease in the function of the kidney due to a range of causes. Generally‚ AKI occurs as a result of other serious illnesses and with a lack of treatment it can lead to the build-up of salts and chemicals which can also affect the function of other organs. [1] Despite what the name may suggest‚ AKI does not occur as the result of a physical injury to the kidneys. [10] During the early stages of AKI‚ there are usually no symptoms‚ however if the patient isn’t producing
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Sports Injuries: An Annotated Bibliography Sports have been around since the olympics in 790 B.C.‚ yet only recently has the affects of these sports on our body been addressed. Dr. Bennet Omalu brought attention to the NFLs injuries like no other in 2002‚ when he discovered that the former football star Mike Webster‚ the Pittsburgh Steelers championship center‚ had a degenerative brain disease due to constant head trauma(1). Since the discovery other sports‚ such as rodeo for example‚ have shown
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Awareness on First Aid on Common Injuries by the MAPEH Major Students In University of Rizal System ACADEMIC YEAR 2011- 2012 An Undergraduate Thesis Proposal Presented to the Faculty of School of Education University of Rizal System Pililla‚ Rizal In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree Bachelor of Secondary Education Major in MAPEH
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brain to our body and vice versa. Injuries to the spinal cord often come with very severe symptoms. In Allen’s case a 30 feet fall is sure to bring many consequence’s. As mention Allen’s heart rate and blood pressure fall. Which might strike as odd. This is not the response that’s expected. This is most likely due to the type of injury. Spinal cord injuries can have some unique effects. Such conditions include neurogenic shock. Patients with spinal cord injuries can get this type of shock (Rob Orman)
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A Modern Sports Injury Clinic Is A Sorts Lover’s Paradise Public interest in sporting activities is increasing due the many health benefits associated with sports activities. Indulgence in sports can also lead to some common or serious sports injuries. For treatment of sports related injuries a Sports Injury Clinic is the best place to visit. A Sports Injury Clinic is equipped with the latest tools and technology to look after patients and treat them effectively. The team of professionals who treat
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Men participated in a very competitive and dangerous sport‚ with rodeo come’s injury and success. As per discussion above‚ women played a crucial role for men who were involved with rodeo‚ being supportive and doing most of the work so they could make a professional career within rodeo. The men are always on the move‚ partaking in rodeo events outside of their home city‚ making a living and trying to win competitions. “The amount of time spent traveling thousands of miles during season places a heavy
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person involved has sustained a spinal cord injury. Paramedics are rushing the patient to the nearest hospital‚ and they are trying to keep the patient stable. The patient is alert and appears to have some movement of the upper extremities. They are not sure of the exact level of spinal cord injury just yet. The patient listens to the paramedics talking and starts to ask questions about the signs and symptoms‚ etiology‚ statistics of a spinal cord injury‚ the pathology and physiology‚ the diagnostic
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after head injury remained significantly increased for as long as 12 years‚ irrespective of the severity of the injury‚ results of a case-control study showed. Among young adults‚ the risk disparity ballooned to more than a fivefold difference‚ Scottish investigators reported online in the Journal of Neurology‚ Neurosurgery and Psychiatry. Overall‚ patients with a history of head injury had more than a twofold greater risk of death than did two control groups of individuals without head injury. “As might
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