Normally when people think about a concussion they don’t take it as serious as they probably should, and don’t realize how many different ways you can get one. Parents have a tendency to get so caught up in watching their kids play on those Friday nights that they don’t usually pay attention to their child’s health and well being. Normally when they hear the word concussion they think a few days of rest will be enough, which leads me to believe they don’t know the true definition of a concussion. Your probably asking what a concussion actually is. A somewhat clear spinal fluid inside the skull surrounds your brain, it would normally act as a cushion to support the brain. When someone takes a hard blow to the head, the brain shakes and smashes …show more content…
A boy named Eric from North Allegheny loved the sport so much he hadn’t told people when he wasn’t feeling the best. He had gotten a couple concussions before and followed doctors orders, but the biggest season of his life was coming up and couldn’t stand not being able to play and hear the crowd chant his name. After taking a few more blows he had gotten more concussions, but didn’t bother to tell any of his family or friends. They had noticed him acting completely different and wondered what was going on. Then one night at the dinner table he started having a seizure midsentence. His parents said his eyes rolled into the back of his head and he clenched his fist, he had dies from a massive brain swell seconds after (rollingstone.com). The risk of not taking care of concussions is too great.
Concussions have become a main topic in everyday life and probably need to be watched a little closer throughout all the main contact sports. New technology has given us the advantage of knowing when someone has take a blow a little bit harder than excepted and helps to know when a child needs to stop. Every parent need to pay a little bit closer to how they’re child is feeling than how they are paying, their life just might be on the
Children follow parents examples or play sports or even just trip can get concussions. It is a worldwide problem, and you must know how to prevent them, or at least know how to treat someone with a concussion Some parents don’t know how to treat concussions or know what they are so you should ask your doctor or physician. Coach’s are the people we expect to know all about concussions and how to handle a person with a concussions so it may surprise you that some of them don’t
To better help undertand concussions with my future profession, I’ll explain the significance it plays into a high school athletic director’s
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 believe it or not can occur during your everyday life. It can happen during school when you're out for recess as you could get hit by a ball and take a big hit to the head. At work, you can be looking one way then see something the other way and right before your eyes you could get knocked to your back and hit your head on impact and seriously damage your brain. Most likely where you will get a concussion is playing sports because you are running around with different kids then you guys could collide and hit your heads
As a parent have you ever wondered what the effects of concussions do to the brain for and age athlete? There are long term and short term effects to the brain. The NFL brought the awareness to us for concussions. But they didn’t want to except the how bad concussions were for athletes. The NFL had people that had long term effects.
A concussion usually comes from a blow to the head that rattles the brain and causes it to swell. “High school and even some college programs lack the resources necessary to protect their players from concussion”(Football).
When student athletes participate in contact sports, they run the risk of getting a concussion. A concussion, according to The American Academy of Neurology, is defined as "A trauma induced alteration in mental statues that may or may not result in loss of consciousness". Short term effects could cause a change in mood, along with headaches and nausea; whereas long term effects of a concussion can range from drastic behavioral changes and mood disturbances to cognitive difficulties. These symptoms are very prevalent in student athletes that may get a concussion and can only get worse when one has been re-concussed. I believe that student athletes should be required to sit out for a longer period of time following the events of a concussion.
Cerebrospinal fluid surrounds the brain and acts as a shock absorbers for minor hits to the head. When the brain gets moved quickly or roughly inside the
If being hit and slammed onto the ground many times on your head in painful ways, then playing sports may not be your cup of tea, however for many kids it is just what they like. They like the rush, the adrenaline, they get when they are making the run for the touch down or scoring the winning goal. People should wait after they get a concussion because once you get the first one it is easier to get another one, also if you go back to sports to early it could cause brain da,s Nevertheless, they don't understand that it comes at a cost that significantly out weighs the adrenaline rush. Concussions an injury that can go unnoticed, an injury that can last for weeks even for months once you have it getting another one is almost inevitable.
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.
THE INCREASING NUMBER OF CONCUSSION IN ATHLETES ARE DETRIMENTAL TO THE FUTURE OF SPORTS In the recent years, concussions have become a common accident related to various types of sports around the globe. A concussion is a traumatic injury of the brain, they can also be as a result of a sudden blow on the body. Such a blow may cause the head to jerk back and forth in a rapid motion. This may cause a bounce or twist within the skull, which may over stretch the brain, cause cell damage and alter chemical functioning within the brain.
Concussions in Sports In sports, concussions occur frequently across all age groups. From little leagues to high school sports to the professional leagues, concussions pose a high risk of long term Traumatic brain injuries. Because of the high rate of concussions in sports more attention should be paid to protocols and treatment to prevent traumatic brain injuries. High school athletes that partake in a sport that requires intense physical activity are the most vulnerable to concussion and need more time to recover. According to the Head Case “High school football accounts for 47 percent of all reported sports concussions, with 33 percent of concussions occurring during practice.”
In a group, 38 percent reported that headaches, concentration problems and fatigue had made school more difficult. Forty-four percent said concussion symptoms affected their note take skills and homework completion. Nearly 9 to 10 teens who continue to show symptoms of brain injury also experience academic problems. When a young person gets hit on the head and suffers a concussion recommend being holed up in a dark room for days. This could mean five days in a dark, quiet room with no superhero movies, loud music, bright lights or smart
"By the time they get to high school, kids have a 5% chance of sustaining a concussion for each season they play" (Zimmerman). If they choose to keep playing football then they will eventually end up with a brain concussion or brain damage. Over the years 65-80% of head injuries go unnoticed ("Stopping the..."58). Football player ignore the fact that it is just a headache. Hospitals took 150,000 in 2001 to 250,000 in 2009 dramatically increased because of concussions ("Injuries in...").
According to a research report from Loehrke, a young athlete suffers a sports related injury that is severe enough to go to the emergency room approximately every 25 seconds, or 1.35 million times a year. The most prominent of these injuries were concussions, which accounted for 163,670, or 12 percent of the total 1.35 million injuries (Loehrke). Dr. Alexander K. Powers, a pediatric neurosurgeon at Wake Forest Baptist Health in North Carolina, found that most children who suffer concussions recover, but the prognosis for children who suffer recurring concussions is unknown. Recurring concussions could lead to several disabilities later in life, such as dementia, Parkinson’s disease, Alzheimer 's disease, epilepsy, and many other neurological disorders that would require a substantial amount of surgery to cure, if they could even be cured at all (Powers). Putting a child at risk to suffer injuries, such as the ones listed above, is one of the main reasons why the amount of children participating in competitive sports has been dropping