Football Related Head Injuries Introduction: I. Attention Getter: Imagine you’re an NFL quarterback taking a three step drop‚ you have 5 seconds if that to get rid of the ball before a 350 pound defensive lineman comes charging at you and throws you to the ground‚ as your falling you slam your head against the ground causing your brain to rattle against your skull. You now have a concussion and will watch from the sideline the rest of the game. II. Thesis Statement: “No guts‚ No glory‚” is
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Performance Sports Injuries Injuries in sport are a very common occurrence and vary widely between athletes across the world. With different sports come different injuries specific to that sport‚ they can vary in severity that can be from small pains and aches keeping the athlete out for a very short period of time or an injury which may keep them out for many months‚ and on occasions years. Common injuries include bruises‚ sprains‚ strains‚ joint injuries and nose bleeds. “Sports injuries are commonly
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be caused by reperfusion. However‚ it is not the only reperfusion injury that can occur. Reperfusion injuries occur in detorsed testicular torsions‚ and they occur from not only anatomical disruptions‚ but also from the change in biochemistry within the tissues. Reperfusion injuries are an unfortunate complication after treating testicular torsion‚ and recent studies have found free oxygen radicals to be the culprits of these injuries (Tuglu et al.‚ 2016). Tuglu et al. (2016) conducted a study to see
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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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Overuse Injuries in Young Baseball Pitchers‚" the definition of overuse is the repetitive micro-traumas a player experiences (Parks and Ray 514). Eric Parks is
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A concussion‚ also known as a mild traumatic brain injury‚ results from a blow to the head (“NFL Head Injuries”). The concussion epidemic‚ an ever rising problem in sports today‚ has become very prominent‚ especially in the NFL. With the new research that has surfaced in the last couple years‚ the NFL has received grief for not doing enough about concussions and their risks after the fact. The NFL has not done enough on the topic of concussions considering the fact that the league still continues
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HIGH-VELOCITY INJURIES Harland Hayes‚ University of Utah School of Medicine It should be no great surprise to find out that the most serious of injuries that occur in the back country are those that are associated when people are moving with speed. There are common sports that by their very nature require speed such as skiing where injuries don’t have to occur. However‚ there are other sports that demand deliberate even delicate moves‚ such as rock climbing‚ where speed gained from a fall
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Needlestick injuries in HCWs are a vital and important occupational risk and can potentially lead to infections with blood-borne pathogens such as HBV‚ HCV‚ or HIV. It is significant to increase awareness around the prevalence and dangers of NSSIs in order to find alternative ways to reduce the incidence. In this study‚ the 81% of nurses who had suffered at least one needlestick injury. While‚ 84% laboratory technicians have been injured. In line with this study‚ hospital ranging between 50% and
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Summary ..7 There are hundreds of different kinds of psychiatric disorders listed in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders‚ 4th ed. (DSM-IV). One of them is called Post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD). Based on the research‚ post-traumatic disorder usually occurs following the experience or witnessing of life-threatening events such as military combat‚ natural disasters‚ terrorist incidents‚ serious accidents‚ or violent personal assaults like rape (Harvard
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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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