In “Head And Neck Injuries In Football (Soccer)” Ammar Al-Kashmiri and J. Scott Delaney examine how concussions happen in soccer, what happens to the head when concussed, and how they can be prevented. Al-Kashmiri and Delaney go in depth on the incidence, distribution, and possible control of concussions, making known the increase in head injuries as well as providing multiple studies and statistics for sports related concussions. Transitioning into the biomechanics of a concussion, the authors explain how most concussions in soccer happen, when and where concussions are more likely to occur, and the effect of different types of contact with the head in regard to severity of concussion. Even if an initial head injury does not result in a concussion,…
ACL injuries obtain a detrimental reputation regarding young athletes. Injuries concerning ACL ligament is common amongst high school athletes. However young female athlete’s unfortunate suffer from ACL injuries more frequently than male counterparts. In result of research, muscle diagram of a female may be the cause of ACL injuries. Without bias intent it is noticeable that men are physically stronger yet more muscular than women. Furthermore, ACL injuries perhaps are linked to lack of muscle surrounding the ligament for maximum stability as well as support. According to Gregory D. Myer author of “The effects of gender on quadriceps muscle activation strategies during a maneuver that mimics a high ACL injury risk position” claims, ” Muscle…
Throughout the history of football there has been concussions because poor helmets have bad padding. Many people have in it taken a major part in it. How many people have died from head injuries. So people are should upgrade the helmets to protect anymore bad injuries, people have upgraded helmets but we need to do more from causing a lot more concussions. The head and brain are one of the most important parts of the body which they need to be protected and that is a very good way to protect it from injuries…
The same for the MRI as the CT scan the patient lays down and becomes slid into the imaging machine. The MRI works but using a magnet to align your water molecules in your head to see which ones do not move. The ones that do not move show where the brain had injury in the brain. The MRI then moves the patient out of the machine and then the results become read by the doctor to tell if the patient had the concussion. The imaging tests operate with one hundred percent accuraccy and one hundred percent effective. With all of the testing and symptoms and much more all of these concussion have prevention techniques to stop concussions.…
Concussions in football players is a growing problem all the way from pee-wee league to the professionals in the National Football League. “A concussion causes temporary loss of brain function leading to cognitive, physical and emotional symptoms, such as confusion, vomiting, headache, nausea, depression, disturbed sleep, moodiness, and amnesia,” written by Joseph Nordqvist (par. 2).…
Over 60% of NFL players have suffered from at least one concussion in their professional career. The NFL should consider the impact of head injuries that plague many players past and present. Many football players suffer from concussions, and may experience CTE chronic traumatic encephalopathy, chronic headaches and loss of memory. Over 3,800 players or families of living and deceased players have now sued the NFL due to head injuries (King). Many concussions have been undiagnosed; players may not even shows signs of an actual injury, it could be months or many years before they realize the effects that have taken place due to the undiagnosed concussions. Blows to the head and trauma causing hits can only take seconds to occur during a play but the effects could last a lifetime. Head injuries range from the kickers linebackers and even the quarterbacks. Head injuries and concussions are a common factor today on the game field.…
Concussions cause the dangerous disease CTE that has already claimed the lives of many athletes in the NFL and in other sports. We are doing research on CTE but a lot more needs to be done. If the NFL is going to be safer they need to relinquish all of their information and research on player brain injuries. Some good things are being done to rule changes to make the game safer, but it is still not enough. There is a fine line however between changing rules and changing the game, which the NFL will have to navigate carefully. One of the better answers to these brain injuries is to improve the helmet protecting the head. Many developers have made ingenious new ideas to combat the concussion epidemic in football. It is up to the NFL to adopt the new innovations to the football helmet to drastically improve player safety. A person’s brain is the most important part of the body. It just makes sense to want to protect it as much as possible. As the public becomes more aware of the dangers football has on a player’s brain people may reconsider playing football. If the NFL is going to have a future, they must make their game safer. If people see less players effected by concussions on TV public perception of football will improve. Something clearly needs to be done to combat these serious health problems facing current and past NFL…
We all know the classic NFL(National Football League). It is certainly fun to watch, but how to the players feel when they play? Football concussions are a big deal when it comes to mental and physical stability. NFL players may be able to sustain through concussions and pain (even though it is a bad thing to ignore), but teenagers, on the other hand, shouldn’t try to fight the pain. High schools should not be able to run football teams knowing the dangers of the sport. Teenagers are more susceptible to get life-threatening brain damage from a concussion. Not only can football cause concussions, it can cause pain or permanent damage in other places of the human body.…
In the midst of the debate over our national morals, a key issue I wish for budding scholars to discuss is whether coaches should punish their players for kneeling during the national anthem. In my opinion, coaches have no right to “bench” their players for exercising their free speech; a liberty on which our nation was built. While it may be seen as disrespectful among the white majority of NFL coaches, to the players who fall victim to issues of police brutality and negligence by our current administration, they are using peaceful defiance to stand up for the lives they hold close. Who are we to criticize this resistance when it will eventually go down in history as martyrous? Jackie Robinson, Muhammad Ali, and countless other athletes are…
Football is one of America’s most beloved sports and with the super bowl coming up; fans of the sport are getting ready for the big game. I am an avid football fan myself and love playing it as much I enjoy watching it. What I have come to notice recently, is how the lives of football players are drastically changed when they are off the field. Football is a full contact sport, if you’re not prepared or unprotected at any given time during a play, you could end up limping off the field nursing injuries or even leave the game on a stretcher.…
Did you know that more than ever NFL players are having more and more serious injuries? A study done over 2000 NFL games shows that NFL players are at more risk than ever. The reason for this surge of injuries is, the turf fields. Because of the way turf is designed it tends to be a lot harder than grass…
In a combined nine NFL seasons with the Pittsburgh Steelers and the Washington Redskins, Antwaan Randle El caught 27 touchdown passes and played in two Super Bowls, winning Super Bowl XL against the Seattle Seahawks (Emert). Randle El is the only wide receiver to throw a touchdown in Super Bowl history (Emert). But he says if he could go back in time, he’d give all of that back and choose a different sport (Emert). Only 36 years old, Randle El says that he struggles with memory loss and going up and down the stairs in his house (Emert). According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, participants in sports and recreational activities sustain approximately 1.6 million-3.8 million concussions per year ("By the Numbers"). Over the course of one season, a…
Football is a physically demanding sport that requires not only strength, but great coaching tactics as well. When a person signs up for football, no matter what age they know the risks of being injured. But even knowing the risks will not prevent them from occurring, the injury that is frequently worried about is a concussion. A concussion is when temporary unconsciousness caused by a blow to the head. Football players take repeated blows to the head so a concussion is very common in this sport. The question is though is it too dangerous for HIGH SCHOOL students.…
A concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury, results from a blow to the head (“NFL Head Injuries”). The concussion epidemic, an ever rising problem in sports today, has become very prominent, especially in the NFL. With the new research that has surfaced in the last couple years, the NFL has received grief for not doing enough about concussions and their risks after the fact. The NFL has not done enough on the topic of concussions considering the fact that the league still continues to face problems.…
Brain injuries in football have to be prevented at all cost. The sport is very dangerous on all levels. The proper safety is not in place to protect the players lives.Many lives have been affected negatively and some lives were even lost due to violent nature of the game. As the captain of the football team twenty year old Owen Thomas committed suicide during his senior year at the University of Pennsylvania (Schwarz). When his brain was studied after his death it was found that he had a rare case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy (Schwarz). Brain injuries within the sport has lead to the death of players. If Owen Thomas and his was aware that he possibly could lose his life because he played football he may not have not participated in the…
