Injuries and football go hand in hand, however a good majority of injuries can be prevented. The journal named Prevention of Football Injuries had three main ways to reduce the risk of injury while playing football. The first concept is widely known but rarely done correctly. Warming properly can have a major impact on injuries, and whether or not a player stays healthy. Most people think that they can perform a static stretch (stretching without much movement) and they will be good to go. This is a very common misconception, and the cause to many injuries. A static stretch can be very beneficial at the end of a workout or practice, however before hand you must actually warm up the muscles. A dynamic stretch not only loosens muscles, but it …show more content…
Coaches talk about flexibility and its benefits every day. I knew that what I eat can influence how I perform, and how I recover. Another thing that I knew was that most health professionals are not found of much static stretching, especially without any form of a dynamic warm up. That has been frowned upon in recent years. I did learn a when reading this article as well. I was not aware of some of the injury specific training that goes on. The closest thing that I have experienced to that is rehad, but that comes after you are already injured. The numbers that specific training produces are crazy in my mind, and these types of prevention will help an enormous amount of people in the coming …show more content…
It is nice to know as an athlete how to stay healthy, but I also plan on doing something similar to this for the rest of my life. Athletics have been a huge part of my life for as long as I can remember. That is why, as of now, I plan on becoming an athletic trainer and physical therapist. In both of these jobs you need to be able to give advice and programs to prevent injuries. Injury prevention is just as of more important to learn about that recovery programs. If a person has the knowledge, you can even incorporate injury prevention with strength and conditioning programs. I would like to be involved with athletes as much as possible when I get older, so having the knowledge to keep them as safe as possible when playing is a must. This might sound like a lot of work to some people. However it is something that I am passionate about, and I am very excited about my
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America’s newfound favorite pastime, football, came from a bizarre chain of events. Football started when a soccer player got fed up with just kicking the ball, so he picked up the ball and ran to the goal. His actions of picking up the ball and running with it fathered a new European sport, rugby, which was soon brought over to American shores, and was altered slightly, the shape of the ball and a few other small rules. The sport became organized into a league and produced the NFL(National Football League). The NFL had a slow beginning, but has picked up popularity, currently having a 9 billion dollar yearly revenue. Playing football comes with great costs, including physical and mental health deterioration, plus the amount of time spent prepping before game day. Which can pose several questions, “Why suffer for a game, Is it worth the money? Is it worth the fame? How great is the cost?” I believe that football, should have stricter regulations for the treatment of injuries, along with informing players of just how devastating a concussion can be, along with the other major injuries that commonly occur while playing football.
Al Toon, father of Saints receiver Nick Toon, was forced to leave professional football after sustaining nine concussions in eight years of professional football. Football is one of the most dangerous games. As the years go on, more and more rules are being written to prevent the danger, but danger is the nature of the game. Most of these rules are for the protection of the players, but there are times when injuries can be a good thing. The Philadelphia Eagles were 3-5 to start the year, but Michael Vick was injured and the backup quarterback led the team to be 10-6, win the division, and almost beat the New Orleans Saints in the playoffs. "About 1.7 million Americans suffer a traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year, about three-quarters of them mild TBIs, or concussions" (Clemmitt). Traumatic Brain Injuries are used as the main form of evidence in Richard Cohen's claim that the end of the NFL is near, and quite frankly, his argument is pretty solid.
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There are many injuries in general, but sports injuries? Sprains and Strains are the most common injuries in sports. “Sprains are injuries to ligaments, the tough bands connecting in a joint. Suddenly stretching ligaments past their limits deforms or tears them” (Hoffman 1). Ligaments are like springs in a sense that when you stretch a spring, it will return to it’s normal state unless they are
The decision of playing football comes with many risks. Some of the risks include strains, fractures,
In the 1970's, thousands of people took to the road with a new trend of exercise----running. It was fairly easy; just put one foot in front of the other as fast as you can and go as far as you can. Feel the burn in your chest? The sweat trickling down your face? The throb in your knees as your foot pounds into the ground with every step? Well then, you're exercising! You’re running! Since then, running has become a dominant factor in sports and fitness; a factor so prevalent that the number of musculoskeletal injuries due to running has also increased over the last quarter century. These chronic injuries are usually due to overuse, improper training techniques, or a combination of the two. By using the results of other biomechanists’ studies, one can extrapolate an idea of what running should look like and what muscles are utilized during the activity. Consequently, changes in technique, strength training, and flexibility training can be made in order to decrease the potential for injury.
High school football players sustain a major proportion of season injuries. A major part of these regions are due to ligament sprains, targeted stretching exercises may be beneficial. The most injured players were those with the position of running back and linebackers. In the 2005-2006 season there were more than half a million injuries nationally of high school football players. This data was collected from over 100 high school football teams.
After my high school career, I knew that I could not stay involved in sports because of all of the injuries I have experienced, so I decided I wanted a job that is behind the scenes but still rooted in athletics. What excites me the most about my field of work is that the workday is never the same. You are going to want to give up, you are going to get impatient, but it is vital that you listen to what you are told. The old saying, “Minor setback, major comeback” is very relevant to the patients going through any kind of injury.
The problems and injuries that come with playing football have been obvious since the beginning, and to this day are still being discovered and researched in hopes of finding solutions so that the sport is not so dangerous. Malcolm Gla...
As mentioned before, football is a fast-paced and highly intensive sport with a great amount of body contacts. Muscular power is vital in blocking, tackling, as well as sprinting. Also, the duration of a match range from 48 to 60 minutes. Therefore, the players’ muscles have to endure lots of impacts and energy consumption during every game. Unlike other sports such as basketball and soccer, the game of American football consists of separate rounds of plays. Along with unlimited number of player substitutions, there is time for players to rest and recover between each play (Pincivero & Bompa, 1997). The endurance of their muscles and the rate of recovery for the players are crucial to sustain the standard of their
Having read your article, 'Violence, Greed and the Gridiron' published in NY Times, I would like to give some of my opinions about your article.
Football is one of the most popular and most viewed sports in the nation; people of every race and ethnicity love to watch the game of football, but when playing this sport, participants must always account for injuries that occur such as ligament tears and brain, neck, and spinal injuries, all of which can produce short and long term effects on a player’s life.
The principle described is that of elasticity. If a collision is very elastic, more kinetic energy is conserved resulting in a greater amount of acceleration or deceleration of the objects involved. Within the context of football helmets, inelastic collisions mean smaller magnitudes of acceleration and fewer brain injuries.
The nerves are raging, mainly in his stomach as the butterflies flutter till no end. "Is everything ok? Will everything go as planned?" He couldn't stop thinking about what might happen. Images were racing wild as he thought about his teammates going to battle without him. He couldn't comprehend why he had to let them handle it on their own. He has played with them since they were in eighth grade, and when they need him the most, all he can do is sit and cheer. He hates this feeling of helplessness, but at the same time he knows he has to do what little he can do, well.