Whether you lose consciousness or not, when you are hit and impacted in the head during a sport, you could suffer from a concussion. Many football players and hockey players get hit extremely hard in the head during their games, the impact can cause brain damage, stunt essential growth, and have long term effects. Athletes who have suffered from a concussion should get cleared by a medical professional before heading back to the field or rink. Although athletes want to strive to achieve a scholarship and get back on the field, this could be detrimental to their overall health, presently and in the future. High impact sports such as hockey and football are extremely dangerous. People who suffer from concussions can be affected by brain damage. Concussions are often called an "invisible injury", this is because you can not see the injury on the outside of the body. Side effects from a concussion can include; headaches, change in sleep patterns, dizziness, nausea, blurred vision, loss of consciousness, depression, mood swings, memory loss, loss of concentration, and a slowed reaction time. (Virginia Board of Education Guidelines …show more content…
for Policies on Concussions in Student Athletes) Getting slammed in the head during a high impact sport can stunt your growth. If a woman gets a concussion during their pre-menstral phase, they could suffer from an extremely big drop in hormones. (Girls Suffer Sports Concussions at a Higher Rate Boys. Why is that Overlooked?) For about 10% of people who have suffered from a concussion, it takes 7 days to recover from a "ding on the head", which is what some coaches call it. Many times people who have had a past with concussions are more susceptible, this could lead to even more health problems. Concussions can lead to many long term consequences that students may not realize.
According to the first article, Heads Up: Concussions in High School Sports, "Failure to properly manage concussions may lead to long-term cumulative consequences." Some long lasting effects of a concussion include behavior changes, mood disturbances, and cognitive difficulties. (Concussions: Potential Causes and Long-Term Impacts) New research suggests that people can experience effects for 30 years or longer. Many student athletes are striving to get scholarships for sports, they may want to get back onto the field before it is safe for them to play. They may think that not getting a scholarship to their dream school is disappointing, but for the health and well-being of the student athlete, it is better for them to be cleared by a medical
professional. Coaches often times push their players to "get back on the field" after an injury without an examination from a professional. Players may think it is worth the risk to start playing after a head injury, this could lead to many serious repercussions. If an athlete repeatedly gets concussions or just has even one there could be many consequences like; brain damage, a stunt in essential growth, and the lasting effects. Before high school athletes get back to their sport they need to have a medical professional clear them, without this they could suffer from detrimental ramifications.
Injuries are a huge part in professional sports. When playing a professional sport athletes do not always take into consideration that their bodies are vulnerable to injuries. One of the leading injuries that can end athlete’s career is concussion. According Kia Boriboon author of the article “Concussion Management In Football: Don 't Shake It Off” concussion occurs when the brain repeatedly collides with the skull. Concussions are serious and cannot be taken lightly they are detrimental to a person’s athletic career as well as life. Players who have suffered from a concussion or like symptoms of a concussion are at risk and should not continue playing their sport until cleared by a medical doctor, who is an expert in concussions. If concussions are not treated with the appropriate medical care, it can cause physical and mental health problems for athletes well after their professional career have ended. In
Concussions and the effect they have on people ranging from the young to the old has become a very popular discussion in recent years. Generally people watch sports for entertainment and then there are those who engage in high impact sports from a very young age on. The people at home know how fun playing in a sport is, however they may not know the brutal consequences for some participating in that sport. Injuries to the brain are a main concern among those in the world of high impact sports. Football, soccer, wrestling, lacrosse, and rugby are among sports that athletes receive injuries in. The injuries vary from sprains, to fractures, to torn MCL or ACL, and bruised organs. Concussions are a severe type of injury endured by athletes in the sports world and this life changing injury is one that people are becoming more aware of.
At the snap of the ball a whole players world could come crashing down. The game of football holds a whooping 47% of all concussions reported in the world, while ice hockey and soccer trail behind. Football is America’s sport and its athletes become the world’s pride and joy, but what happens when an athlete is injured and is struggling to mentally get better. This topic hits close to home for me because it was the one sport my family praised and adored. My older brother who is now twenty five, played highschool football for the Laconia Sachems. Just the name Sachems is enough to make me get the chills. In 2007 the Laconia Sachems the only undefeated team to go on to win the New Hampshire state championship saw success, but my brother went
That’s where the advancements in concussion detection and treatment comes into play. According to the article “Advancements in Concussion Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment” the writer states “the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reported 207,830 trips to an emergency room annually between 2001 and 2005 due to sports participation injuries” ( “Advancements in Concussion Prevention, Diagnosis, and Treatment | The Sport Journal” ). The report from the CDC shows how many reported sports injuries occur in a short period. However, this does not include the vast number of injuries not reported every year. That is a lot of injuries that go unreported and not cared for. We can help make it to where all kids after a concussion report it and get treated by educating them on the dangers they face if they continue to play as they are and tell them they will be right back to playing after the testing has been completed and they are clear to play again. This is not hard to do it’s just the fact of telling the kids the truth of the matter and them knowing the tests aren’t hard and don’t take long to pass. But the kids need to know this is needed if they want to be able to play for years to come in school and even in
To understand the issue of concussions in the NFL we must first understand exactly what a concussion is. A concussion is a minor traumatic brain injury that jars or shakes the brain inside the skull. Severe concussions can cause loss of consciousness and/or forgetfulness. However, you do not need to lose consciousness to have a concussion. Minor concussions usually cause headache, nausea, dizziness, and tiredness. An NFL study showed that most concussions occur when one player delivered a hit to the side of the head of another, and when the player was either standing still or moving slowly. These hits that cause concussions pack an average force of 980-pounds. Concussions affect professional athletes as well as amateur or youth football players. Studies have shown that high school football players are nearly twice as likely to get concussions as college football players and high school athletes in other sports. Also, they show that 47% of high school football players say they suffer a concussion each season. As a result about 250,000 people under the age of 19 went to the emergency room with concussions in 2009, compared with 150,000 in 2001.
Ice hockey is a fast-paced and full contact sport whether you are in a body checking league or not. However with a full contact sports, concussions are unfortunately inevitable. There are numerous factors that play into the number of concussions in ice hockey. Body checking and numerous head impact injuries that occur in hockey are a huge reason for concussions. Although administrators are taking steps towards concussion prevention and education, this education is proving to be ineffective. This paper will take a look at the various injury mechanisms that contribute to concussions and other head-impact injuries in ice hockey, as well as discussing concussion education.
The world of sports is filled with great memories, grand moments and at times complete mayhem. There are moments like hitting a Home Run in game 7 of the World Series or memories of scoring an overtime goal during the Stanley Cup finals. However, there are also incredibly low moments when mayhem occurs such as an action or incident that results in a concussion. An injury such as a concussion can ruin your sports career or potentially your ability to function normally in the future. Concussions are caused by blunt force trauma to the head, a fall or an injury that shakes the brain inside the skull. Recovering from a concussion can take weeks, months or even years to heal. For some, it can impair your mental or mobility functions for life.
How can a concussion be prevented? What is the minimum time an athlete needs to be out of the game after a concussion? What are the chances of an athlete suffering post-traumatic stress disorders after a blow to the head? In all sports athletes are prone to injuries, they can happen at any time and at any given moment. Nevertheless, people that have suffered from a head injury or concussion will also have problems dealing with their learning processes in the long run.
Concussions may not have many long-term effects, but if one does not take it seriously they could suffer from serious brain injuries that could possibly have devastating outcomes. Concussions should not be taken as a joke and should always receive proper treatment and care. One should not play a sport before their concussions is fully healed, because they could end up sitting out of the sport for longer than they first had intended.
Recreational athletes, competitive athletes, high school athletes, college athletes, and professional athletes all have one thing in common: the risk of a concussion. It's impossible to go a season without one athlete from a team receiving a concussion. The more that these concussions are studied, the more we learn about them, such as their detrimental effects on athletes. Because of the risk of health issues and death that come with concussions, doctors, coaches, athletic trainers, and lawmakers are stepping in to protect athletes of all levels from receiving concussions.
An unnoticed fatal injury that countless athletes have experienced is a concussion. Many people have heard about concussions, but not about the underlying damage they cause the brain. A concussion is a minor traumatic brain injury that may occur when the head hits an object, or a moving object strikes the head. It can affect how the brain works for a whi...
Soccer is the most popular and fast growing sport worldwide. Comparable to many other sports, soccer carries an intrinsic risk of injuries, including brain injuries and concussion. Also, soccer is unique in the use of heading, and heading a soccer ball is the heart of soccer world. While sports such as American football, ice hockey, and boxing get most of the attention when it comes to brain damage, in which repeated loss of consciousness often occur; that could lead to serious injuries such as, cognitive dysfunction, traumatic brain injury, and many others. In the same way, Soccer is an intense physical sport in which head is as important as the use of the foot. But since, researchers has not linked heading to concussions, players, coaches,
What is a concussion? A concussion is a hard blow or collision; bodily injury (as to the brain) resulting from a sudden jar (Webster pg. 103). This is an injury that mot only occurs in football, but in other sports as well. The only difference is that in football players are constantly hitting, blocking, and tackling one another with enormous amounts of force. Therefore it is more likely to occur than in other sports like golf, tennis, or soccer to name a few. Right after the collision that caused the concussion players reminisce coming out feeling either dizzy, having fuzzy vision, balance problems, having painful headaches, not having the ability to concentrate nor remember new information. Pittsburg Penguin Sidney Crosby came back to playing hockey eleven months after from suffering his concussion. Denver Bronco, Wes Welker cam...
Hockey and football both the national sports of Canada and the United States are both extremely popular among many different cultures and the revenue these sports create for the leagues, cities and players is absolutely incredible. Us, as fans see the great moments within sports we see the big goals and game winning touchdowns but in reality there is a very dark side to these activities that is not talked about in the media. That dark side is concussions, concussions are a constant threat across the world of sports. Football and hockey are two sports with a level of play that causes an increase in concussions. Medical experts and leagues are doing the best they can to understand this growing issue but it is one of those things that is harder than a rock to understand and deal with.
“I just honestly want to do what’s best for my health.” Chris Borkland told ESPN of his retirement from the National Football League at just 24. A lot of people would say Borkland is one of the smart ones to get out of the league as concussions are getting worse than ever. Even though concussions are supposedly more severe than ever, if they're such a big problem why does everyone care so much now because concussions haven't changed over time and concussions will always be the same.