Concussions in Football What is the cost of playing in the National Football League? A player could have a broken leg or a pulled hamstring‚ but what if there was something that could affect a player after his playing years were over? A concussion would be the answer to that question‚ and it can lead a serious brain injury and even cause disease such as Alzheimer’s. The National Football League is at a crossroad concerning concussions‚ and many former National Football League players will say that
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Concussions have turned into a big problem in major sports and it has caused parents to rethink if their child should play an contact sport like football. A concussion is when there is an severe blow to your head that causes confusion and other symptoms like headaches. Many people believe that children under a certain age shouldn’t be aloud to play contact sports like football. Others believe that parents and young children should be educated on concussions and how to ensure the safety of their kid
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Sports get physical no matter if it is contract or not‚ one of the major problems with getting tossed around is head trauma. Concussions happen when someone sustains a hard hit to the head and gets their “bell rung”. This is where the brain hits against the skull damaging part of it. This is a very serious injury that cannot be taken lightly because if not properly treated it can have ill effects down the road that can lead to more serious problems. In high school sports it’s all about winning and
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Concussion‚ a mild traumatic brain injury‚ it may leave you temporarily unconscious and an aftereffect that will leave you confused and incapacity. These head injuries can be caused by violent blows to the head or can also be described as a violent shaking of the head or body. Since studies on head injuries have increased over the past years there has been a lot of attention on concussions‚ how they can be prevented and the affect that it has on the brain. The attention has been so high that the
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800‚000 reported concussions‚ 47% of those reports took place in high school football. 1 in 5 athletes will experience a concussion in each sport season and 33% of those athletes will experience at least one more before their high school graduation. Together as high school athletes‚ we need to stand up for our neurological safety in high school football by learning how to identify‚ treat and prevent a concussion. Now many people have no idea what a concussion even is. “A concussion is a traumatic
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What do you think when you hear the word “concussion”? I’m sure you think‚ like most people do‚ about a football player getting a head injury in the game. That’s what I used to think about concussions‚ until I got one‚ and trust me it was not from a football game. I just finished up my first semester as a freshman at Kutztown University and I was home for winter break. I was in the car with my best friend pulling up to an intersection at a red light. It was three days after Christmas‚ so it was
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Why concussions should be looked at more closely amongst adolescents. Concussions are very dangerous and some people don’t take them seriously. A concussion is one of the most common types of brain injuries. Concussions can cause a variety of physical‚ mental‚ and behavioral problems. A concussion occurs when the head is hit by an object or a moving object strikes the head. A concussion usually has to do with some kind of sports injury but can come from anything causing the head to get hit.
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Risk is intentionally facing danger‚ in order to achieve possible benefits. The articles ‘Concussions and Football’ by Richard C. Crepeau‚ University of Central Florida and ‘Why people smoke’ by Martin J Jarvis both feature a central theme of risk taking. Professional football players risk their future health in terms of brain function‚ cognitive and motor skills‚ to play a game built upon violence which provides players with a physical rush‚ fame and a prosperous career. One player said “he knew
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Concussions while playing football has been under the microscope for a while now‚ the players that are wanting compensation for these concussion incidents are saying the concussions have caused neurological impairments and multiple other fatal diagnoses such as Alzheimer’s‚ Parkinson’s‚ ALS and even death. One of the lead plaintiffs in this class action against the NFL was Kevin Turner‚ who died at the age of forty-six. Turner was diagnosed with ALS six years before he died‚ it turned out that the
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When it comes to sports‚ every player in a team plays a major part. They work together so that they may achieve victory and success. If one player goes down‚ they all suffer. One of the most common sports-related injuries is a concussion. A concussion is a brain injury characterized by an onset of impairment of cognitive and/or physical functioning‚ and is caused by a blow to the head‚ face‚ or neck‚ or a blow to the body that causes a sudden jarring of the head (i.e.‚ a helmet to the head‚ being
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