Essay 7/10/11 Student athlete head injuries: When is it safe to go back into the game? As a student athlete head injuries are relevant to me because I have experienced this type of injury. After researching the topic of head injuries in athletics‚ I came across three articles that stood out to me. In the article “Sports Medicine and School Nurses: A Growing Need for Further
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[pic] Bachelor of Sports Science (BSS) 4th SEMESTER‚ Year 2 SEPTEMBER 2012 SBSP2303 Sport Injury NAME IN I.C. : FOO JAR TENG MATRICULATION NO : 890913045113001 IDENTITY CARD NO. : 890913-04-5113 TELEPHONE NO. : 0166420277 E-MAIL : juzzyfoo@gmail.com LEARNING CENTRE : Bangi Learning Centre Introduction In life‚ we are constantly
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Smoking Smoking is very hazardous to your health‚ and yet many people still do it. Despite knowing the dangers and all the discouragement from the anti-smoking people out there‚ they choose to smoke. Does this mean that there is a logical reason for them to do so? In this essay‚ I will investigate why people smoke and the effects of smoking before deciding for myself whether or not the dangers of smoking out-weigh the benefits. Smoking has consequences in both the short-term and the long-term. Smoking
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After drowning in my thoughts‚ I decided to sacrifice my pleasure to own my future. My Dad’s imagination of America became distorted after my accidents and it would take a hiatus in Spain before I would finalize my decision to make the United States my home. After realizing that Spain made things impossible to acquire a decent education‚ I knew I had to go back to America. Even though my family had money‚ they disapproved of my willingness‚ and they decided to cut ties with me financially
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How America Should Be Langston Hughes writes “Let America Be America Again”. A poem that is about what America means to Hughes. This man just wants everyone to have equal opportunity in America. Everyone has a different opinion on what America should be‚ and I am going to be talking about what this dream meant to Langston Hughes‚ what I think this poem means to most Americans‚ and what this poem means to me‚ which are all very different opinions. First‚ I’m going to be explaining about what
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responses and Psychological responses common to sports injuries. Injury one: Sprained knee Treatment that should be done immediately: Treatment that is done immediately can be critical for the healing process of the injury and long-term damage of the injury. Firstly the treatment must be initially diagnosed and found out how the injury was caused‚ this is very important to know what treatment to use on the injury. For the likes of a sprained knee injury it is very important not to put any pressure on
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What Can You Do To Prevent Running Injuries Injuries got while running tends to occur when we don’t worry about ourselves‚ It is obvious that as runners there is no immunity for any form of injury but could be avoided or properly managed. You see‚ while trying to understand the things to do to prevent running injuries‚ it is quite necessary to know and understand the common running injuries before preventing it. Here are few common running injuries we are going to take a quick look at; Achilles
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Ankle Injury Christian Bognar Ankle injuries are the most common of the bone and joint injuries. They usually happen during sports‚ activities that involve a lot of movement of the ankle‚ and jumping. The Main cause for broken ankles is when a person stresses the ankle and joint beyond where it’s suppose to go‚ the joint becomes injured. If only the bone gives away and tears then it is considered a sprained ankle‚ which is very common especially in sports. But if the bone gives away and breaks
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Kristen Erdiakoff ERDIAKOFF1 English. 100 December 3rd‚ 2012 My Dance Injury Dancing‚ primarily ballet‚ has been the main focus of my childhood (from age three and beyond)‚ as well as early teen life. In many ways‚ it is what defines me; how I see myself as well as describe myself. But‚ My ballet career was forever altered when‚ in 2008‚ I did a lunge in a primary class with the Artistic Director at the San Francisco School of Ballet and landed ever so gracefully which
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ligaments are extremely important for the stability of the knee joint‚ especially in contact sports and those that involve fast cutting and changing directions quickly‚ twisting and pivoting. By definition‚ a knee sprain is an injury to a knee ligament. A sprain is a joint injury that causes a stretch or a tear in a ligament‚ and ligaments function to connect bone to bone. The ACL connects the thigh bone to the shin bone. ACL sprains are graded I‚ II‚ or III depending on their severity: grade I sprain:
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