Cascade R Safe: Case Study

No amounts of training or the proper safety equipment can stop injuries to the head and neck area of these athletes(“Our”). New studies suggest that more than 90% of athletes get injured at some point in their career. Of those, 54% say that they have played through an injury. Additionally, 37% have sustained joint sprains and 12% have reported concussions, although many go unreported for the fear of resentment from coaches and other players. In 2012, 163,670 student-athletes ranging from middle through high school, were seen in emergency rooms for concussions. Injuries aren’t the only problem in these sports though. From 2008 to 2015, there were over 300 deaths caused from injuries that occured in sporting events in America (“At Your Own Risk”). Recently, a new kind of “unseen” injury is being reported in these high contact sports. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is caused by trauma to the brain and is an injury that needs to be studied more

Every year, we seem to hear more and more about softball players getting hit in the face or head with a ball. “Of all softball injuries last school year, 17.2% were head and face injuries.” ("Concussions, Broken Noses – In Softball? Here Comes The Face Mask.") Two years ago, ¼ of the injuries in softball had occurred with a player getting hit in the face. By wearing a face mask, players can easily prevent the numerous injuries that can happen, which will assure players that they will not have any severe injuries to the facial area, even if some don’t like how the face mask looks or feels, name brand companies can make a face mask that can suit any type of players needs.

Lacrosse is a wonderful sport to play, lots of fun doing it and lots of fun being a fan too. From the mid-1490s, of just a stick and a net attached to the end and some trees as goals to today's version of playing Lacrosse, it’s all the same sport. Whether it's being a Goalie, Attacker, Midfielder, or a Defender they all help the whole team and play as one team. It doesn't matter if you're young or old or the best player in the world to being a beginner they all to do it no matter if it is for fun or it's your

If you look at a sport like football it can be VERY expensive with gear, an average helmet can be around $250.00, shoulder pads can be from $100 to $150, and then add rib guards and leg pads which will add up to around $100. That’s a lot for gear and most if not all high schools have football, but the way they’ll be able to get away with it is by gradually acquiring gear from fundraisers. That’s how most of the schools got most of there gear for football so they could do that for schools and club teams. As long as the gear gets cheaper and demand for the sport goes up there will be lacrosse across the country at every school. If it becomes that accessible it’ll become a very diverse sport making the sport open to everyone. Lacrosse will become a very diverse sport and more popular when MLL players get paid more, and when gear becomes more affordable for

n today’s society the internet plays a huge role in the everyday lives of many people, therefore many individuals’ main form of communication is over sites like Facebook, and twitter. In Malcolm Gladwell’s essay, “Small Change, Why the Revolution will not be Tweeted,” he explores the different methods used by activists nowadays versus those used by the activists in the 1960s. Gladwell argues that social media is not an effective tool to initiate revolutionary movements or any change at all for that matter, based off its weak ties formed over different social networks. Gladwell illustrates multiple cases of protests and adds that without the assistance of social media, these protests were stronger, prearranged and based off deeper emotional ties. Throughout the article Gladwell continuously returns to the Civil rights movement and why it was effective. Gladwell illustrates his argument that social media is not an effective tool for change or revolution by giving examples from the present where social media has claimed to be helpful although it was not, and examples from the past where although social media did not yet exist activist were more successful.

Nothing hurts more than being excluded. I learned this the hard way my sophomore year. This is a story about my high school lacrosse team. Most of my friends are on the team so we’ve become very close after playing together since the seventh grade. We play lacrosse in the backyard almost everytime we’re together.

Simple implementations such as better helmets, more trainers, and more physicians could further decrease the concussion rate to make the game even safer. With the joint effort from children’s leagues, the NCAA, and the NFL to make the game more secure, yet simultaneously just as enticing, the entire sport of football would be ameliorated, with very minimal cases of concussions. More parents would be willing to let their children play this new style of football instead of holding them back, as they may have done previously due to the fear of head injury. More research and care for concussions could result in even more technological advancements. All of this could easily become a reality with the unification of all types of football, resulting in a benign, yet highly enjoyable

The first reason more expensive helmets is imperative to the reduction of injuries in football is because the newest helmets have the new and improved head protection technology. Scientist who work on improving the effectiveness of helmets in football find new ways to try and bring concussions and other head injuries out of the game every day. For example, two mechanical engineers at the University of Michigan collaborated to find a new design of helmet to help concussions. They came up with a three layered design to spread the blow around the head and have the hit be distributed throughout the layers of the helmet, “It’s kind of like hitting a bunch of piano keys with your

From the first football game ever played till now, the development of safety equipment has sky rocketed tremendously from the first leather helmet to the now hard plastic shelling with thick padding on the inside. The classic idea of a helmet that have been used since 1893, is to wrap the players head in a tough external shell. Over time the evolution of helmets has had significant improvements in reduced lacerations and skull fractures, however, the ability to prevent brain injury has been limited. Helmets can help reduce the size of impact forces, but they cannot counter the brain from moving within the skull. An invention called the Q-Collar, incorporates a different approach to attempt to do that. Slightly clamping down on a player’s jugular vein, causes the brain to swell and fit more snug inside the brain. Already, tests have been done and have shown major improvements however, the Q-Collar has not yet received Food and Drug Administration approval yet, and more research is still needed. Not only could this have major benefits in athletics, this could also benefit automobile accidents and military operations. More than just developing safe equipment is being done. The simple modification of changing what the sport of football is played on to help reduce concussions are

Concussion are a major problems in most American sports. Many people know about concussions and what they are. The problem is how as a country do we stop people from getting concussion. Many people are rushed to the emergency room every year for concussion. Football players were second on the list for visit to the emergency room however, cyclist were number one in emergency visit with head injuries. The problem is that these helmets that football and cyclist use doesn't really protect the brain from collison. The brain requires more protecting than padding in a helmet. Many people are just ditching the helmet because of it not protecting their heads as well as it can also be a danger to somebody. Ian Walker of the University of Bath conducted an experiment in which he rode a bike 320 kilometer. He had a video camera following him the whole trip. He wanted to see how much clearance he would get if he wore a helmet as well sometimes wear a long wig to make drivers think he was a women.

Throughout America’s history, football has been well known and a popular sport. Throughout the years, however, the safety of helmets have always been in question. As time went on, the amount of injuries significantly went down the helmets did not solve the problem completely. On November 6, 1869 the first "football" game took place. In my research I found that helmets were not mandatory until the 30’s which left a lot of players open to injury especially when half the players were wearing helmets and the other half were not while playing on the field. A concussion is a disturbance in brain function that occurs following either a blow to the head or as a result of the violent shaking of the head. Common symptoms of concussions include headache, amnesia, confusion, pressure in the head, dizziness, nausea or vomiting, ringing in the ears, slurred speech, sensitivity to light or noise, fatigue.

Concussions have always been a problem in contact sports. Unfortunately, high school football is no exception. In fact, high school football is the worst of all contact sports when dealing with concussions. According to “Sports Concussion Statistics,” 47% of all reported sports concussions occur during high school football. This is an alarming statistic that has caused companies like Riddell to search for a solution. According to an article titled “Riddell Unveils Overhauled New Football Helmet SpeedFlex,” the solution may be closer than ever. Just recently, Riddell came out with a new football helmet called the SpeedFlex. Like the Revolution Speed and Riddell 360 helmet, this helmet was designed to reduce the impact of head-to-head concussions.

Social media has a major effect on today’s society. People are being manipulated, influenced, and even brainwashed from apps and websites they use every day. Social media is used to hold social interactions, promote events or products, and keep people up to date on all kinds of news. Because social media can do so much for its users, it basically controls every aspect of their lives. In Aldous Huxley’s, “Brave New World”, social media wasn’t controlling their society, but other technologies like the Bokonovsky’s Process, the Feelies, and Soma were. In today’s society, social media platforms engage their users and are able to manipulate them by making social media use the reality, influencing people to be bolder and more outgoing, and sharing

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In this Modern Era, Social Media plays an pivotal role in communicating. If we look according to the expert B.K Lewis, media social is label for digital technology that allows people to interact,providing and sharing the message content.We know that social media is very close to the community.Even it can be said that “human’s can’t lived without social media”. It can have both positive and negative effects,depending on how people used social media.