Concussion Prevention

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the neck muscle would help prevent them. Football still accounts more than half of all concussions including hockey, lacrosse, and wrestling nationwide. Which most concussions result in a player to player contact 99% of the time. When an athlete tries to lead with their shoulders and not with their head is a proper way of angle form tackling.

Football is the nation’s most popular sport. There are way too many youth football players nationwide as well as high school athletes and college players. Lately, neurologists have raised concerns over the possible risk players face of developing long-term brain damage from taking repeated hits to the head. Charlie Lesh NU Writing Solving concussions in football. N.p., n.d. Web.

“More than 70 former NFL players have suffered from chronic traumatic encephalopathy a degenerative brain disease thought to be related to impact”. Researchers would compared the rate of concussion across competitive levels to other joint injuries football players suffer in both practices & in games.

Now that we see that concussions are a significant problem for student-athletes. High school and youth leagues around the United States are now adopting the "return to play" policy to ensure that players are being treated correctly. The return to play policy is to keep players safe from injuries such as knowing your surroundings & what previously happened. The ( RTPP) acquire for all athletes not to take any medication. If any player was to hit there with very high intense pressure, it can possibly be a concussion. As Mcallister mentioned in an article where he stated “most human athletes deserve more than protection from a cerebral head injury”. In other case he advise all head board directors to make a change. The reason for this cause is that these athletes suffer many times from severe head injury. In reality every athlete must have the proper style of play.

Who would ever think how many concussion deaths in sport? From research In the United States, the annual incidence of sports-related concussion is estimated at 300,000. Estimates regarding the likelihood of an athlete in a contact sport experiencing a concussion may be as high as 19% per season. It was more than half the NFL. If an athlete returns to play too soon, there is high risk of another concussion that may last longer and result in permanent neurological impairment. The most common symptoms of concussion, the American Headache Society is increasing its efforts to raise awareness among health care providers and migraine specialists about the increase in concussion among young people and those participating in sports. In all fifty states there are only 38 states have passed or have concussion legislation pending.

After suffering a concussion, every athlete is three or more times impressionable to suffer another concussion compared to an athlete who has not suffered a concussion.

If an athlete is not fully healed from the first concussion and suffers a second concussion, recovery can be prolonged or the likelihood of having long-lasting effects can occur. In very rare cases, brain swelling, permanent brain damage, and even death can occur. This injury is so invisible and cannot be seen, the only way to check for a concussion is by assessing the symptoms and signs. To put two and two together the national federal government of sports should have more of protection for these players to prevent harsh injuries. Not only the protection but the amount of time of the ( RTPP) Return To Play Policy Protocol, meaning the athlete must be exempt from practices and games for furthermore clarification from a primary doctor. Head impact forces of football players are similar to those of high school players, but there are only about half as many of them over the course of a full season in middle school vs. high school football. Moreover, the players in this study did not do any worse on tests of balance, reaction time and reading speed after the season (compared to before the season), and their performance on these tests was not related to the number or force of their head impacts. Therefore, the study provided no evidence that normal football participation causes short term impairments in brain function in football players.

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