Concussion Essays

“High school players are particularly vulnerable to damage from blows to the head” (Dunbar and Stoffers 2). In many different kinds of sports, concussions can occur, but it mostly comes from American football. “Concussions occur when a collision causes the brain to hit the inside of the skull” (Pew and …

So, how was football invented in the first place? The sport of American football itself was originally new in the year 1892, it roots from two other sports, soccer and rugby. Which many had enjoyed long time popularity in many nations of the world. Not until the 1880s that a …

Concussions are often identified as TBI (traumatic brain injury) that is caused by the head moving rapidly back and forth that affects up to 3.8 million Americans a year. The aftermath of a concussion can cause the loss of balance, migraines, short-term memory loss, sensitivity to light and sound, and …

A concussion is a brain injury that consists of impairment of average brain activity. This affects usually initiate after a strike to the head, playing harmful sports, hitting your head on slips and falls, critical shakes, vehicle accidents or body blows. The brain is made of durable tissue. It is …

Traumatic brain injury has been shown to lead to brain degenerative diseases. Brain degenerative diseases are types of diseases that begin to deteriorate brain cells, resulting in the subject to begin to lose communications through the body’s system, and for their health to decline. To find out how the brain …

Our Organization: The National Football League (NFL) Who we are: We are a major professional football organization made up of 32 teams. The teams are split up evenly between the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC). Football is the most popular sport in the United States …

Nothing is more American than Friday night football. Two teams battling it out for their county and schools. Even with all the fun that is in this sport, it can be very dangerous to these young men and woman’s health. Every year you hear about someone getting badly injured on …

Football is not the only sport that causes Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy. The number/diversity of sports that cause CTE is on the rise. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a degenerative brain disease found in athletes, military veterans, and others with a history of repetitive brain trauma. CTE usually appears in the …

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy most commonly known as CTE and is relatively new in the medical world. In the sport of football, CTE was discovered about ten to fifteen years ago. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy is a progressive degenerative brain disease, and it shows similar symptoms as Alzheimer’s disease such as memory …

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy also known as CTE has been a very widely used term in today’s society. Most importantly surrounding high impact sports and military. In 1973 research was conducted by Corsellis surrounding boxing and repeated head injuries. He called it dementia pugilistica or ‘punch-drunk syndrome” (Alzheimer’s Association, 2018). Boxers …