pushed into your skull trickling blood onto your hospital outfit/gown forming you to be nauseated‚ all as a result of a hard knock to the head. Concussions are among the most common and most dangerous injuries youth athletes receive. The majority of concussions and other mellow traumatic brain injuries should ultimately go away within one to six weeks. In some cases‚ nevertheless‚ individuals encounter post-concussion syndrome with symptoms enduring far longer than this. Post-concussion syndrome can
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having better gear‚ a plan with the companies they work for‚ but should also follow the rules that are set for them by the administration they are signed under. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis‚ also known as ALS‚ is a neurodegenerative disease of the brain that affects motor neurons. Neurodegenerative means progressive loss of the structure or function of neurons. “A” means no‚ “myo” means
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Background/history: Ms. Colleen King is a 26-year old woman who sustained a severe traumatic brain injury as a result of a motor vehicle accident a few years earlier. Ms. Colleen struggles with focus‚ concentration‚ executive functioning‚ migraines‚ and tires easily. She is currently attending Westfield State University and is pursuing a degree in the health field. Colleen is referred by her Massachusetts Rehabilitation Commission‚ Vocational Counselor Charles Wellington‚ to determine if there
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independent of any team to identify if any player has a concussion and go through proper concussion protocol. These players also must sit out for 7 days following a concussion per NFL safety rules. The NFL is still hoping to improve even further as injuries play a toll on people’s
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sports can cause lifelong health problems if the head injuries happening aren’t properly treated. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is a disease that attacks the spinal cord and progresses in damage over a five year period until the average person loses their life. ALS is caused by repeated head trauma that catches up to the body later on causing it to lose it’s voluntary movements such as movement in the legs‚ arms‚ and face. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy(CTE) is also caused by repeated head
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particular event of time. The amnesia might involve a total loss of memory about the event or period‚ or might leave a person with fuzzy memories of events that happened before an illness or injury. Amnesia might keep the person only from retrieving old memories of events that happened before an illness or injury and keep the person from storing new memories of events that happened afterward. It is not a normal forgetfulness for example: if a student cannot recall where a notebook was left‚ that
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those they are trying to learning to treat. Speech Language Pathology greatly deals with Traumatic Brain Injury patients and their physical rehabilitation. Cathy Crimmins‚ author/caregiver/wife to Alan Forman‚ best chronicles her journey in her book‚ “Where Is the Mango Princess”‚ and brings to light in a very humorous fashion the trials and tribulations that come with the treatment of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) patients. It all starts with a winning raffle ticket to a very bad vacation trip
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body‚ in particular the brain‚ it only makes sense that we use the latest technology to help prevent as much damage as we can. According to the Center for Disease Control (CDC)‚ a concussion is not a bruise to the brain caused by hitting a hard surface. No physical swelling or bleeding is usually seen on radiological scans. The injury generally occurs when the head either accelerates rapidly and then is stopped‚ or is spun rapidly. This violent shaking causes the brain cells to become depolarized
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game of lifetime‚ but at what cost? The football helmet is associated with strength and toughness‚ and so are the men who wear them. The helmet is not there to protect strength and toughness; it is there to protect something much more fragile- the brain. Can the technology of the helmets keep up with each generation of bigger‚ faster‚ and harder hitting players and prevent concussions? A football helmet has long been time iconic symbol and cultural artifact. American football can be traced back to
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field‚ Ray played through injuries and concussions until the threat of paralysis forced him to retire. Due to the repetitive trauma inflicted on Easterling’s brain he suffered from insomnia which led to depression. After retiring he also displayed uncharacteristic behavior such as lack of organization‚ fits of anger‚ and episodes of dementia. Mary Ann Easterling recognized that the erratic behavior displayed by her husband correlated with the symptoms of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)‚ a disease
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