performance enhancing drugs. The NFL respectively was at the forefront of the discussion along with the IOC. But there is an issue relating to the team physician aspect and that has to do with the concussion and shots to the head issue that has popped up mostly in the NFL‚ but also been discussed in the NHL because of the seriousness of Sidney Crosby’s two shots to the head that has him out for almost a year now. For now I will focus on concussions and headshots of the NFL‚ as more information about the
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before the 2012 NFL season kicks off‚ a new study suggests that professional football players are three times more likely to have neurodegenerative diseases than the general population. When researchers specifically looked at Alzheimer’s disease and ALS -- amyotrophic lateral sclerosis‚ also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease -- that risk increased to four times greater than the rest of us. The study‚ published Wednesday in the medical journal Neurology‚ surveyed nearly 3‚500 retired NFL players who were
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head injuries such as concussions‚ like they did with Steroids in baseball a decade or so ago. The game has come into question with these types of injuries‚ if combat sports are putting people in harm’s way and if they are. The main difference now with former players and athletes and how they dealt with concussions‚ the more research now with head injuries that are leading to more and more players get introduced to this problem. Along with the biggest story about how the NFL was accused of knowing
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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 disease‚ and are only worried about the present time‚ which is winning a game and helping their team to victory. The NFL and many other sport affiliates are being pressured
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It is said that changing this helmet rule in the NFL might change other rules as well. While that is true‚ it really is an aspect that has to be changed. Basically‚ for every rule change‚ their is a lot of time and hard research put into it. But‚ no helmets not only keeps players safe but it also has
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injuries are either concussion or brain injuries. In total‚ more than fifty-thousand people seek medical attention for rugby injuries each year‚ costing sixty million dollars--compared to football which causes 1.2 million injuries per year. So...why did football evolved from rugby? Why is equipment involved now? Was it to attract the attention of people by hitting harder with the equipment? That I will get to you
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York Times (2014) one in three NFL players is affected by brain trauma. The New York Times has also stated that NFL players are eight times more likely to develop Alzheimer’s or dementia than the general population. The NFL has come across a rise in concussions over the past decade. Over the past three seasons there have been over 690 recorded concussions throughout the league. Not only are current players being affected‚ but so are retired players. 87 of 91 deceased NFL players were found to have Chronic
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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 that the NFL isn’t the only sport dealing with the effects of concussions(2). I was drawn to this subject because I wanted to learn about a topic
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But do to better equipment players are also getting less head injuries like concussions. But football douse need some more changes to make the game safer. l. types of injuries? The most common type of injure in football is concussions. A concussion happens when you get hit and then your head bangs against your skull. Some concussions can be life threating. “43‚000 to 67‚000 high schoolers get concussions per year.” Commentary: many athletes fail to report their symptoms like headaches
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their time of play such as concussions‚ but what many people do not know of are what happens to an athlete after sustaining the head trauma. Diseases like Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis(ALS) and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE) can affect athletes many years after sustaining concussions and can lead to death. Many sports corporations such as the NFL are taking steps to help prevent further head trauma to their athletes‚ but many critics are questioning whether the NFL is really doing enough. The
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