Concussions in Football
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Concussions in Football
When watching football all the fans get excited for the big hits, they love and enjoy those monster tackles, but those hits can have life changing consequences and can change a person's life forever. Concussions are a serious problem in football and can lead to a lot more complications later in life. Where concussions become dangerous is if they aren’t caught right away and the player is still out on the field playing and taking more hits and damage to the head. It is very important for the coaching staff to take player out of the game that they feel might have suffered a concussion. Once the player is out of the game they should be evaluated for a concussion and if they do have a concussion, they should be pulled out immediately and not be allowed to play football until they pass the concussion protocol.
A concussion is a brain type of injury caused by a blow or a hit to the body that causes the brain to move rapidly back and forth. Concussions can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy CTE. The brain of an individual who suffers from CTE will deteriorate and will lose its mass over time. Some of the short-term effects of concussions are headaches, dizziness, ringing in the ears and feeling as if your brain is in a fog. Some of the long-term effects of concussions is memory loss, sleeping problems, sensitivity to light and noise, and it could also lead to depression. Concussions can become even more dangerous if they become repetitive.
When it comes to football, we can limit concussions by using technology to make better and improved helmets. With advances in technology we can simulate hits to the head and find ways to improve the helmets. Another way to limit concussions is to teach kids a better way of tackling and have them avoid using their head to make tackles. By taking the head out of the tackle the player lowers the chances for a concussion. No teaching and tackling can overcome a coaching staff that would put the player back in the game just to win the game. A football game is just that: a game and it should not be bigger than the health of the player. Unfortunately, there are a lot of coaches in the NFL who would put the player back in if it meant winning or losing the game.
When watching a game in real life one can realize how dangerous and hard-hitting football really is. You can hear the hard hits all the way in the upper deck of the stadium. That is one of the reasons I want to educate people on concussions and the effects they can have on a person. Concussions can have a serious consequence on a player's life. Every time the players step on the field they put themselves to the risk of serious problems later down the road, even if the hits don’t look that bad. Parents of inspiring football players should educate them on the dangers of playing football and the effects it could have on them later in life.
References:
Sports Legacy Institute, September 2007 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 224343.htm
https://www.brainline.org/article/repet ... y-syndrome
A concussion is a brain type of injury caused by a blow or a hit to the body that causes the brain to move rapidly back and forth. Concussions can lead to chronic traumatic encephalopathy CTE. The brain of an individual who suffers from CTE will deteriorate and will lose its mass over time. Some of the short-term effects of concussions are headaches, dizziness, ringing in the ears and feeling as if your brain is in a fog. Some of the long-term effects of concussions is memory loss, sleeping problems, sensitivity to light and noise, and it could also lead to depression. Concussions can become even more dangerous if they become repetitive.
When it comes to football, we can limit concussions by using technology to make better and improved helmets. With advances in technology we can simulate hits to the head and find ways to improve the helmets. Another way to limit concussions is to teach kids a better way of tackling and have them avoid using their head to make tackles. By taking the head out of the tackle the player lowers the chances for a concussion. No teaching and tackling can overcome a coaching staff that would put the player back in the game just to win the game. A football game is just that: a game and it should not be bigger than the health of the player. Unfortunately, there are a lot of coaches in the NFL who would put the player back in if it meant winning or losing the game.
When watching a game in real life one can realize how dangerous and hard-hitting football really is. You can hear the hard hits all the way in the upper deck of the stadium. That is one of the reasons I want to educate people on concussions and the effects they can have on a person. Concussions can have a serious consequence on a player's life. Every time the players step on the field they put themselves to the risk of serious problems later down the road, even if the hits don’t look that bad. Parents of inspiring football players should educate them on the dangers of playing football and the effects it could have on them later in life.
References:
Sports Legacy Institute, September 2007 https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2 ... 224343.htm
https://www.brainline.org/article/repet ... y-syndrome
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KathyPeterson465
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Re: Concussions in Football
Wow thank you so much for this information. Having a son in high school sports I like finding information like this that i can bring to his attention. Real facts about how dangerous contact sports are. Sure sports are fun but having lifelong lasting effects on your brain isn't worth it to me.
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