Essay On Head Injury

The pressure put on kids to perform from coaches, parents, and peers is a lot, and can lead an athlete to put a sports team over their own health. According to Dr. Aaron Karlin, the Director of the Concussion Management Program at Ochsner, “A concussion won’t appear on a CAT scan or MRI, as it is a functional injury to the brain”(Ochsner). Due to the fact that these injuries do not show up on scans, it is completely up to the injured athlete and anyone surrounding them to report any symptoms after a big hit. Although this may sound simple, some athletes ignore symptoms to stay in the game or to return quicker after already being taken out. In a report from the Institute of Medicine and the National Research Council it stated this,” There is still a culture among athletes that resists both the self- reporting of concussions and compliance with appropriate concussion management plans” (Hoffman).

CTE is not thought to be a long-term sequela after a specific head trauma. Rather, its clinical symptoms emerge later in life, usually after athletes retire from their sport. What is the role of althletic trainers at preventing sport concussion consequences? Coaches and trainers often allow an athlete to return to play or practice if the obvious symptoms of a concussion, such as disorientation and uncoordinated movements, disappear within 15 minutes after the injury.

A couple of years later helmets were starting to develop and safer and better. In the modern world helmets has establish more of harding shell in the inside instead of the outside, but players are still suffering from depressions and dying on the fields. Skull fractures and broken noses losing teeth have to really change since the

   A way to eliminate these head injuries would be to redesign helmets and make it so that the helmets absorb more of the impact. This would reduce concussions, and in turn would reduce brain injuries that would impact the skills performed by the brain.  Think about what happens to the brain on impact, it moves forward very quickly, and bangs into the skull. If there were more padding around the helmet then the head wouldn’t have much

In order for it to be effective one must learn the tips and tricks of the veterans of the job, not just using knowledge from the seven weeks of training. Although that will be effective, I feel as if personal experiences are more efficient and useful in succeeding in the job. “You’re going to learn, CO, that some things they taught you in the Academy can get you killed.” (99) Conover realizes that many officers do not follow the rules that were instructed in the Academy. In order to be a strong and acknowledged correctional officer one must bend the rules a bit to get the inmates to comply.

Research shows that having many concussions may lead to Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, otherwise known as CTE. When it comes to football, safety should be the priority, not banning it. Football can lead to concussions, but so can many other things. Banning youth football would not help at all, although the people wanting to ban it do have some good points.

Simple concussions, which are mild and relatively common among children and adolescents, gradually resolve within a week to 10 days. As long as another head injury is not sustained, mild concussions usually do not result in complications or long-term health risks. Complex concussions, on the contrary, do result in tenacious symptoms and can affect brain function long term. The expansions risk for complications, such as swelling or bleeding in the brain, seizures, and post-concussion syndrome (e.g., persistent headache, dizziness, or blurred vision), is seen with complex concussions.

However, these injuries heal eventually with time and rest. They may set an athlete on the side lines for a period of their season (or in worst case scenarios a large chunk of their career), but these injuries more often than not result in a recovery and a glorious return to the playing field. While a concussion is very similar to these physical injuries in the sense that it requires time and rest to recover and will set an athlete out for a portion of his or her season (assuming an appropriate amount of time is given for the brain to heal), it differs from most physical injuries from the stand point that it has possible long term cognitive effects if repeated concussions are obtained. Obviously, dying or paralysis is the worst case scenario for a person who has received brain trauma. However, athletes that have sustained three or more concussions over a life-time have been proven to likely have long-term cognitive impairment, emotional struggles, and a general decrease in the overall quality of life.

However, many athletes are tempted

NFL commissioner Roger Goodell and head officials have gotten together and came up with rules that will limit the number of head injuries and according to Jack Feder, “ In the next 4 years, you can expect a 17% drop in overall injuries”( “NFL Changes Rules for Safety” ). However, theses rules will prohibit players from doing certain actions, but still has to maintain the game's integrity. Some examples of some rules changes would be like when a player loses his helmet, the play is immediately whistled dead. These type of changes will prevent players from receiving unnecessary head injuries and prioritize their safety a little more while still keeping the rough and violent aspect of the

The sports world right now is helping with the bills and helping with money and in the game itself they are adding more rules and they are adding more padding and other sports are being more protective with what their players do after they get a concussion. Doctors clear that player either to go back into the game or he has to go the hospital. Doctors recommend that you don 't do anything but rest for a few weeks. It can affect you in the long run if you don 't what the doctors tell you to do. What needs to be changed is that 4 out of 10 of players will get ALS.

The Athlete epidemic What does a necklace have to do with stopping the problems of concussions, most people would say nothing and that the only way to stop the problem is with head wear and and teaching kids to protect themselves better so it doesn’t happen to them. But now after years of dealing with this problem could be a solution that could really changes things and help athletes today and in the future. For those that don’t know what a concussion is a head trauma that is caused by getting hit in the head or violently shaking the head or body. You see a lot of this from boxing and soccer but maybe none bigger than football just because of the big hits and how they don’t focus on form tackling which cause the injury.

High school athletes are more vulnerable to concussions than older people and may take longer to recover, according to the first source. Because the consequences of being allowed to play prematurely are so critical to underdeveloped brains, high school athletes need to sit out for a longer period of time. The first article also stated that high school players are 3 times more likely to experience a second concussion if concussed during a season. The short and long term effects of a concussion become more severe when there are multiple concussions. It could be argued that athletes of all ages should be required to sit out longer.

I understand playing the game is what every athlete wants to do but, a long term brain injury is not worth a game. Depending on how bad the injury is, can lead to the athlete sitting out a whole season. Which is a hard thing take. Like I said, a long term brain injury is not worth a season or game. If I have children I will let them play contact sports.

To get a full understanding of the impact a concussion has on athletes, a sample population was usually chosen. The main objective of the research was to measure the immediate effects and natural recovery course relating to symptoms, cognitive functioning, and postural stability following sport related concussions. There are two stages an athlete must go through; Physical rest, which means strenuous activity should be avoided until the athlete has no post-concussion symptoms, Cognitive rest, because a concussion impacts the brain 's cognitive function, this means no reading, time off of school or work etc... This article also shows the percentages of how long on average an athlete returns to play, most of the time athletes recover between 1-6