Post-Concussions Affect an Athlete’s Athletic Performance? In recent years‚ Mild Traumatic Brain Injury simply known as form of a concussion has been on a rise in high school and collegiate athletes. Approximately‚ 300 000 Americans report a sports related concussion every year.1 Despite the large numbers of student athletes getting concussed‚ the recovery period is the most crucial phase of getting back to our “normal”. It is unfortunate to see many student athletes lying about their subjective
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Tyrone White English 100P Professor Flood 02-26-2014 Proposal Essay At Eastern Connecticut State University‚ Non-athlete students should have the right to use the gym whenever they choose to. Being restricted to something that your money is going towards isn’t right. Perhaps building another gym or creating extra space inside and making it a larger gym can be good for non-athlete students. Not only will it be a good improvement for students but it will also create a happier environment around
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When watching someone participate in any sport‚ the audience thinks about how much effort was put into practicing‚ and not what the player smoked to gain their superhuman stamina. In sports‚ the competitors need to practice to become better‚ not default to who has the money to buy the best drugs. Performance enhancing drugs may help during a couple of games‚ but it’s not worth putting so many lives at risk. Forest Tennant JR.‚ who is an NFL drug adviser‚ has estimated that half of all professional
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Injuries in sports have become a regular occurrence that most believe to be “just part of the game.” Any person who has played a sport has encountered some type of injury‚ whether that be an ankle sprain or a torn ACL. Recovering from that injury can be a draining process. The recovery process is a journey of highs and lows‚ but recovering from the physical injury is not all the athlete have to worry about. Depression‚ isolation‚ and lowering of self-esteem are all common mental health effects of
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because Vancouver’s hockey team lost to the Long Island Rangers in the Stanley Cup. Of course‚ sports are a vital part of many people’s lives.But is it really a situation which can affect your whole entire life? The clear answer is no. Sports fans are clearly taking the game so seriously that it is unhealthy.
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American football is a well-known sport throughout the USA and most likely the world. Professional football players are rich and a lot of them are seriously injured like having concussion. By the time a player retires from the sport they might go through many concussion in the time spent playing the sport. Some factor like artificial turf and dehydration are having an effect on concussion in football players. Artificial turf is plastic grass that is use in indoor stadium where real grass won’t have
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Licensing for personal trainers: legitimizing the profession. “In its present form‚ personal training only dates back a few decades‚ yet it is among the fastest growing professions in the U.S.” (Holt). In the 80’s and 90’s personal trainers were predominantly heavy lifters who looked like they could soon compete in a bodybuilding contest. The muscular physique automatically qualified each of them as “guru” in the fitness world and helped quickly build a clientele. Towards the late-90’s‚ the situation
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Perfection; can it be attained? Can perfection be attained in certain movements in sport? Can perfection be learned? Can perfection be learned so it becomes consistent? Or‚ finally and most probably‚ is consistency what leads to perfection? Three-hundred; twenty-seven straight batters retired; fifteen for fifteen passing; the ace‚ the hole-in-one; all of these happenings are considered perfection in the sporting world. A perfect game in bowling is a three-hundred game. When a pitcher pitches a perfect
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The sports world has experienced controversy lately with high school and professional athletes choosing to kneel instead of standing during the national anthem. Colin Kaepernick is the athlete that started this; many people have taken a knee because of his views on injustice‚ police brutality‚ and black rights. The decision to kneel during the national anthem is an extremely debated topic. “The Star Spangled Banner‚” dating back to 1814‚ is still used today usually prior to kickoff or tipoff. This
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The football sports industry generates more than 50 million dollars in revenue in America each year. Along with this entertainment‚ comes some very costly injuries. A concussion is defined by Google‚ is a type of brain injury caused by a violent shock from a heavy blow to the head. In recent years‚ concussions in the National Football League have become very common. Over the past two seasons‚ 306 players have suffered a combined 323 concussions. Concussions have led to some players being paralyzed
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