Sports: The Role Of Concussions In Sports

In high school sports 6% of 2.4 million sports related emergencies are concussions. That number is continuing to grow and won't go down. Most concussions are football related and that is still rising too. When I was in seventh grade and playing football I had a concussion but didn't realize I had one and played through it, throughout the year I had a insane headache and dizziness that didn't

In medical terms, concussions are described as "a complex pathophysiologic process affecting the brain, induced by traumatic biomechanical forces" (Hunt, Paniccia, Reed, & Keightley, 2016, p. 749). Over the past couple of years, the number of concussions in athletics has increased drastically. According to the data released by the National High School Sports-Related Injury Surveillance Study, in the school year 2005-06 there were 133,000 concussions, which was much less than the recent data of the 2014-15 school year of 292,000 (Brzycki, 2016, p. 57). Not only are concussions becoming more prominent, but they accounted for 24.5% of all the injuries in 2014-15 (Brzycki, 2016, p. 57). Although many advances in concussion protocol have been

Concussions are are serious medical issue that teens and young adult are suffering from. There are over 300,000 sports related concussions in the United States each year. A concussion is described by the American Acadmey of Neurology as a trauma induced alteration in mental statues that may or may not result in loss of consciousness. This means that the person has sustained a blow to the head, face or neck, that has caused a sudden jolt of the head. Concussions can lead to headaches, dizziness, blurred vision or mood swings. The effects of a concussion can affect a person life or 30 or more years.

“CDC reports show that the amount of reported concussions has doubled in the last 10 years. The American Academy of Pediatrics has reported that emergency room visits for concussions in kids ages 8 to 13 years old has doubled, and concussions have risen 200 percent among teens ages 14 to 19 in the last decade” (Head Case, 2013). It is reported that between 5-10% of athletes will suffer concussion during any given sports season. Football is the most common sport with concussion risk for males with a 75% chance. It has also been found that 78% of concussions happen during games as opposed to during practices (Science Daily, 2014).

Concussions are a problem that nearly all athletes competing in a contact sport will go through. Whether it be boxers, hockey players, skateboarders, or football players, most can usually recognize a concussion. Some say they “See Lights,” or “Hear Ringing,” with over 3000,000 concussions happening in football yearly, concussions can also occur in sports such as gymnastics, cycling, and even martial arts. A concussion by definition is a traumatic brain injury caused by a blow to one’s head by either a fall, bump, or other injury that results in the shaking of the brain within the skull. It is important to understand what a concussion is, so you can prevent possible long term affects to one’s cognitive

A concussion is a sudden blow, which applies a blunt force to the brain, traumatizing it. It is also a change in brain function which follows a blow to the head, may be accompanied by a temporary loss of consciousness, is identified in awake individuals, and includes measures of neurologic and cognitive dysfunction (Carney et al., 2014). A concussion can affect in short-term and long-term consequences on health. Most episodes of concussion may end up with short-term consequences; however, a single episode of concussion may lead to long-term health issue. The most common causes of concussion are accidents in high velocity vehicles and sports that engaged lots of body contact, such as football, ice hockey, and boxing.

Symptoms can be unnoticed due to the hours it takes for symptoms to begin to occur. Those involved in sports tend to be aware of these symptoms but fail to come forward due to fear of the inability to play the sport. This is most evident in football in high school. When a player is diagnosed with a concussion, they would be removed from the remainder of practice or game(s) and continues to be monitored. Failure to come forward with concussion symptoms can lead to more damage such as hemorrhages. A player that suffered the concussion may seem fine at first, but as the blood builds up, pressure will build up in the skull causing the brain tissue to be compressed (MD, Collo Sean and PhD Low J. Renee). This compression inside the skull will lead to additional brain injury such as unconsciousness and maybe even death. Some warnings signs of this in adults are larger pupils, seizures, unusual behavior etc. Athletes may be followed through his or her recovery with the post-concussion symptom scale. The scale is a seven point Likert scale graded from 0 (having no symptoms) to 6 (most severe symptoms). Athletes that have preinjury depression, can’t sleep at night or they have a attention disorder they won’t be expected to have a score of 0 on the symptom scale before considering returning to play the

Every day, 138 people in the United States die from injuries. A concussion is a an traumatic brain injury that alters brain function. An estimated 3.8 million sports related concussions occur in the United States each year, and concussions are very common. Symptoms and signs of a concussion include severe headaches, not being able to think clearly, not being able to concentrate in regular activities you would be normally able to do, becoming very emotional or your sleep is being affected. Symptoms of a concussion may not be immediately apparent. Symptoms can last for days, weeks or even longer depending on your treatment after the concussion has occurred. Concussion complications such as Post-concussion syndrome or Second impact syndrome can

Concussions are becoming more and more common in professional athletes. Concussions can weaken a team, take athletes out of games, and even end athletic careers. They can also cause permanent disabilities and disease that cannot be cured. Professional sports leagues/organizations are receiving lawsuits and complaints about the growing amount of head injuries. Many athletes and fans want organizations such as the NFL or NHL to make rule changes to prevent concussions. Football being one of the leading causes of concussions, along with women 's soccer and men 's hockey, the NFL is often the target of complaints and lawsuits

The effect of concussions on athletes A concussion is an “ Traumatic brain injury that is caused by a blow to the head. Sometimes,it can be caused by other injuries that shake the brain inside of the skull. Concussions are a problem that almost every athlete that competes in a contact sport goes through football,hockey,baseball and boxers can recognize a concussion by ringing bells or stars around the head. Concussions can give him or her lifelong troubles. The symptoms you can receive is a headache, nausea,dizziness,loss of consciousness, and vomiting, but those symptoms don’t happen during every concussion.

A concussion by definition is a “traumatic brain injury that alters the way your brain functions.”(Mayo Clinic) The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) records about 2.5 million traumatic brain injury (TBI) every year. Concussions can happen anywhere but many come from physical sports such as hockey, lacrosse, soccer and especially football. The symptoms for a concussion

    Concussions are a very big health problem in sports in the modern era and is now being noticed all over the world. Concussions were previously known to not carry any serious impact later in life. Players who have played pro or college level sports for long periods of time

A mild concussion may only produce symptoms like, headaches, irritability, and other behaviors that are pretty common in the average teenager, anyway. However, if treated incorrectly, long term consequences can range from behavioral changes, to mood disturbances because a concussion effects the cognition and function of the brain for a certain period of time. More effects of a concussion include loss of the ability to focus, changes on personality, and some even struggle with with cognitive skills like attention and judgement. More time on the sidelines, gives the athlete more time to gain back all cognitive skills and get back to normal before resuming play. Studies have also shown that women are more prone to concussions than men due to their different body types, brain development, and some researchers even speculate that girls have smaller, weaker necks, which cause their heads to be more vulnerable to trauma. This is more proof that athletes, especially women, should wait longer periods of time before doing physical activity after a

A concussion is a mild type of traumatic brain injury, caused by a blow to the head. A Concussion is a common injury in high school sports. Doctors consider them to be a mild injury, because they are rarely life threatening. However, a concussion can range in severity and it can be difficult to determine how serious the injury is, even with a CT scan. The student 's ability to recover is greatly impacted by the severity of the injury. Each student 's recovery is different, and often students are cleared to practice before they have fully recovered. Alarmingly, if a concussed student athlete returns to their sport without fully recovering, they are at risk for life threatening second-impact syndrome. Head injuries are finally being addressed on the news, and getting the attention they deserve. Now is not the time for naivety, the health of student athletes needs to be priority. What exactly is second-impact syndrome and how is it being prevented in high school sports? Every coach, player, and parent needs to be aware of the risk involved in making hasty return to play decisions.

Physicians describe a concussion as an immediate and transient neural function post traumatic impairment such as vision disturbance, alteration of consciousness, and other signs which result from brainstem involvement. An impulsive force or direct head blows leading to head acceleration are the leading causes of concussion in sports. However, not all reported loss of consciousness mean it is a concussion. The public mostly associates concussion with sports such as football, ice hockey, and boxing and it is not a major problem in other sports. The assumption is that most of these sports-related traumatic brain injuries that occur are concussions. Sports concussion is a