According to article one, more than 5% of high school students that are athletes while participating collision sports each year have been concussed. High school athletes are more likely to get a concussion than older students but it will take a while to recover. It's likely you will get a concussions he second time if you already had one before. I recommend you sitting out longer if you have a concussion or a brain injury in sports. concussions can cause plenty of bad things to happen to you in life. Such as lost memories, dizziness and it can even make your like bad. You can't just get a concussion and stay in the game that's not good because it makes you very dizzy and can cause you to fall out on the game. It's better for athletes to
When asked if high school senior Kelb y Jasmon would report a concussion to a coach or trainer, he replied, “No chance. It’s not dangerous to play with a concussion. You’ve got to sacrifice for the sake of the team. The only way I come out is on a stretcher.” Id .
However, it is also important to note that a concussion can also take place outside of sports, meaning it can happen to anybody. For instance, there have been incidents where a person tripped while running, fell, and the impact of their head’s contact with the ground caused a concussion. Or, in a car accident many front-seat passengers, or even the driver, have slammed their heads against the dashboard/steering wheel, also possibly resulting in a concussion. Concussions when treated can be healed in a timely manner. Unfortunately, throughout history, there has been a tendency for people to overlook a concussion as a serious injury, therefore, making it more problematic than it already is.
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.
This shouldn 't be a life or death situation. As stated in article 2, the long term effects of concussions range from behavioral changes to cognitive difficulties. Why allow yourself to fail at the next level of your life just because of an injury sustained while at a sport. Most athletes who experience a concussion can recover completely as long as they do not return to play
While playing a contact sport a concussion could cause brain damage, end a playing career, or alter a someones life for the worst. A concussion is defined as a traumatic brain injury, caused by a hit, or sudden blow to the head that is able to alter the way your body
Stated in the first excerpt, people should be aware that 10% of athletes take more than 7 days to recover from the effects of a concussion. The percentage could vary depending on how badly you were hit. If you were to continue a game while injured it could hurt you even worse or even make the effects last longer than they should. If you sat out when told, you could recover faster then get back to the game to perform your best. When performing better, people will notice you more and your chances to play for colleges could increase.
There are long term effects of having concussions that are Dementia, memory loss, headaches, blurry vision, but some long term effects could mean Cronic Tramatic Encpololopthy (CTE) which is a desies that cannot be diagnosed until after death even though athletes could be living with signs and symptom of the disease... however people may not show any symptoms even though they may still have it. Some people suffer from 2nd impact syndrome which is rare and fadel and only happens to people 23 and younger. With that syndrome you have to relearn motor skills as in eating, walking, talking.
Each year high school athletes suffer from concussions more frequently. In the article, “After a Concussion it’s Unclear When -or if- High School Athletes Should Return to Action,” by Sam McDowell, this issue is addressed. The problem faced with this issue is many states are forming new laws and regulations on how soon athletes who have suffered concussions can return to the game.
This article talks about how coaches could better recognize concussions as they went through an education program that helped them recognize the symptoms of a concussion. Some sports teams may not have certified athletic trainers or doctors on the sideline to take care of a concussion and that leaves the coach to be the first person to try and recognize a concussion. Also, to help coaches recognize concussions, the Center for Disease Control started a program called Heads Up!, which was used at the youth and high school levels. The big issue with the concussion knowledge is that some of these coaches today have misconceptions of concussions because of the magazines and newspapers they read instead of going through coaching education programs to properly get their information on a concussion. For this study, they had to get people who were enrolled in classes related to coaching education majors and minors.
This year has been a little difficult because there is a lot of pressure on us as the student, because there are some qualification the we need in order to pass senior year and get our diploma. Apart from the pressure of senior year, I had a concussion at the beginning of the school year the was unexpected, I was out for few days when I came back to school I had to catch up with all the work the I missed. It was not easy for me because I never gotten a concussion before and I play one of the dangers sports ‘Cheerleading’. The was just the beginning of my senior year, I always believe the things happen for a reason and after I will understand why it happen.
Football concussions can lead to brain injuries or other serious health issues that can be fatal. Concussions can happen in many different ways, which all involve big hits to the head. Hard hits to a player's head can cause his or her brain to move in different ways which can cause brain bruising or bleeding. A hard hit to a player’s forehead causes the brain to accelerate in a back and forth motion that can make a player feel nauseous or unstable. If the hit is focussed in the left or right side of a player's forehead it can cause the brain to move in a twisting motion which will leave the player light headed and with a headache.
Many kids today face severe head injuries all across America, and It must come to an end. Football and wrestling are the two main contact sports in school. It doesn 't take much effort to damage somebodies brain for a life time just by tackling or grappling a person too hard. The school system of America must act now, before more of our children die from severe head injuries. Highschool athletes go and play football every friday night and get extremely energetic and it 's not long before there is a mix of aggression.
Athletes who have a prior concussion face greater risks of developing critical symptoms of concussions and that can lead to slow recovery (Agel and Harvey 319–323). On some instances, concussion can lead to permanent damage and can even become
The long-term side effects of these traumatic injuries have led spectators and doctors to speculate the dangers of head on collision in sports. Furthermore, concussions lead to TBI which leads to depression and problems with their functioning. Brain injuries have led to famous NFL players committing suicide and losing their families and
Second nearly 25% of people who get concussions are not given medical assistance. Lastly sports injuries are the most common way of getting a concussion. (Sources Paul Hornung Sues the Helmet Maker Riddell Over Concussionshttp://mrshatzi.com/files/paul-hornung-sues.pdf Belson July 7th 2016) Another reason competitive sports are not good for you is because you can get injured not just from concussions but serious