Over the past 20 years‚ the athleticism involved in cheerleading has increased dramatically. Cheerleading in the United States is a year round competitive activity. Cheerleaders are asked to perform through 3 seasons‚ peak for national competitions‚ and attend cheerleading-training camps in the summer. Cheerleading begins at an early age and is estimated to include over a million participants between elementary school and the professional sports levels. Cheerleading is a kind of sports which combines
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they have a head injury the player retested if they don’t pass they don’t play”‚ which is the smartest thing to do so they want have incidents like they had with what happen to Kwan Waller (CNN‚ 2012). As we see with Gary Dixon who suffered from a concussion and wasn’t able to play as
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A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury. A concussion can occur when a hit to the head or body causes the brain to quickly back and forth. (“What is a Concussion?”) When a person gets a repeated amount of concussions they can develop CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy). CTE is a disorder that causes the brain to gradually deteriorate and lose mass. In 2002‚ doctors Bennet I. Omalu‚ M.D. and Julian Bailes‚ M.D. were able to diagnose the first professional football player with CTE. Since
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facemask. Now instead of being fourth down‚ it is an automatic first down plus the player is ejected. Why? Because he accidentally had a false start at the start of the game. Three strikes and you’re out‚ but now in the NFL it’s two strikes and you’re out. Roger Goodell‚ commissioner of the NFL had proposed during the 2015 Super Bowl that a player who has
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brain injury. Traumatic brain injuries (TBI) are any injuries to the brain caused by a range of bumps‚ jolts‚ and even penetrations‚ which have a negative impact on normal function in the brain. Concussions may be considered mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) because the people experiencing concussions have shorter periods of amnesia or unconsciousness‚ than severe traumatic brain injuries do. The number of traumatic brain injuries between 2001-2010 in the emergency department has increased by
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government should completely end youth sports‚ invest more money into better protective gear for all youth‚ or re-create the rules for all youth organized sports programs. Each year emergency services treat 135‚000 concussion and head injuries (A Game Plan on Minimizing Concussion Risks‚ from One Who Knows All...). All sports have a risk even though most sports are not full contact sports. All sports require hard work and constantly work all muscles. This is why sprains and strains lead all injuries
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1.1 Describe the common types of fractures There are two types of fracture called open and closed. A closed fracture is where the skin is unbroken‚ but the internal damage to surrounding tissue can be seen as swelling. An open fracture has a wound. The bone may or may not be protruding. There is also internal damage to surrounding tissue. 1.2 Describe how to manage a fracture. A casualty with a fracture needs to keep still and not move the injured part. The treatment for a closed fracture is to
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Have you ever heard of traumatic brain injury? Do you know what causes traumatic brain injuries? The most common traumatic brain injury is a concussion. One of the most common causes of a traumatic brain injury is not wearing a helmet. Traumatic brain injuries caused by not wearing a helmet can ruin your life and cost you lots of money. A concussion can ruin your life for forever and a day. “According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention‚ 1.7 million people sustain a traumatic brain
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Everyday parents worry about their kids and what to protect them‚ but can they protect them from something they love to do? Its been started that over 1 million high school football player have been diagnosed with concussion and other health problems. Preventing any type of injuries to sure lives is great. Have to look at the injuries how they would affect the teens in the long run. Every high school athletes struggles with health problems‚ there are affected by how much their coaches push them.
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The parents of a 16-year-old youth who died after a football game last fall‚ say he was forced to take the field with a sub standardized helmet. Damon W. James‚ attended Westfield Academy and Central School. Damon staggered to the sideline during his Westfield/Brocton football team’s lopsided loss to Portville. On September 13. He collapsed there and died three days later in Buffalo’s Women & Children’s Hospital. Initial reports had Damon suffering to a serious helmet-to-helmet collision‚ which likely
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