Athletes In Danger In Sport

Other times when sitting to watch a sports game, the last thought that crosses through the mind is whether a player will be injured or will have consequences later in life. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) is gaining awareness because of current uprise in athletes developing it at a very young age such as Lou Gehrig a famous baseball player. This disease affects the body by causing loss in muscle movement. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a disease affects the mind not the body and is a progressive degenerative disease. CTE has many diseases that fall under its category such as Alzheimer's, Parkinson’s, Huntington's disease and Dementia. The most common factors for these diseases are concussions and head trauma because athletes

Sports athletes such as Lou Gehrig gain success and win championships, but they may lose their ability to perform daily functions. Diseases such as ALS and CTE are one of the main causes that strip athletes from continuing to practice sports and physical activities. These two conditions are consequences of hits and impacts to the head that affect the brain. Therefore, people should be prepared and know what to do when an athlete receives a blow to the head. Rules should be made to protect the athletes from head trauma like adding equipment or prohibiting certain physical activities that would create a chance of receiving an impact to the brain.

Football players who are subjected to multiple repetitive blows to the brain can experience serious long-term damage that can affect every aspect of their lives. These blows have a cumulative effect on the brain that can lead to symptomatic concussions, asymptomatic post-concussive abnormalities, and altered neurological and cognitive functioning. Furthermore, participating in tackle football prior to the age of 12 places an individual at an even greater risk for degenerative damage. Kevin Turner, an Ex-New England Patriot and Philadelphia Eagle, took these risks. He began his career as a tackle football player at the age of 5 and ended his career after playing in the NFL for only eight years. In 2010, he was diagnosed with debilitating ALS

Every year in the United States, there are an estimated 300,000 sports-related concussions (Cuncussions, 2015). Head related injuries have serious consequences in violent contact sports. Players can have injuries that result in lifelong brain trauma, such as post-concussion syndrome. There is a large amount of controversy surrounding safety in contact sports. In the essay “Brain Games: Who is Responsible for Preventing Sports-Related Head Injuries?,” Peter Dewar communicates to players, coaches, referees, fans, and anyone else involved in sports, to argue that a new sports culture should be adopted to create a safer and more profitable playing environment. Through his use of stories, statistics, and a call to take action, Dewar effectively portrays the urgency of accountability in sports.

Diagnosed at such a young age, usually non-athletes get diagnosed with ALS at the age of 40-70 with average age at 55. Non-athletes don't suffer with injury to the head as much as Athletes do. Athletes however, tend to be diagnosed with ALS between 20’s and 30’s. CTE was discovered in 3 of 14 high school players and 48 of 53 college players. One Athlete named Junior Seau, who committed suicide in May, two years after retiring as one of the linebackers in the NFL. Seau suffered from the type of Chronic brain damage. The family of Seau stated “ a lot of head-to-head collisions over the course of 20 years of playing in the NFL, developed the detention of his brain and ability to think logically” (paragraph 4), resulted to the disease of CTE.

One of the diseases athletes are being diagnosed with is ALS, or Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis.

Tim Shaw is a former football player who was recently was diagnosed with ALS. He plays for the Tennessee Titans. Shaw, age 30 revealed his diagnosis in a video posted on the Titan's website. He is the latest NFL player to be diagnosed with ALS. Dave Mirra a BMX Star who had CTE died due to a gunshot on February 4. He is the very first action sport athlete to be diagnosed with CTE. An autopsy technician found out that he had CTE. Scientist believe repeated head trauma can cause CTE.

In November of 2016 Former NFL Football player, Kevin Turner died of "Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS)" at the age of forty-six years old. Shockingly, it was found after his death that he died of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) not ALS. From this new discovery, the idea of ALS and CTE being linked was brought forth. ALS is a disease that attacks and weakens all other parts of the body except the brain, whereas CTE is a brain disease that is found in people who have experienced repetitive head injuries. There has been multiple studies and research on why older athletes are becoming diagnosed with ALS or CTE but now scientists are starting to find the disease in younger athletes as well. The number one fact that has been linked to

CTE is a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated blows to the head. There is currently no way to diagnose while one is alive. The only way to diagnose CTE is to study brain tissue after the death. CTE is very obviously linked to head trauma and, by extension, contact sports. According to http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/frontline/article/new-87-deceased-nfl-players-test-positive-for-brain-disease/ “A total of 87 out of 91 former NFL players have tested positive for the brain disease.” This means that 96% of former pro football players had CTE. This is a very dangerous condition that has been linked to domestic violence or even murder and suicides. This is bad, and should definitely be looked into.

Many athletes do not realize if they are in danger of getting these two types until it comes to an end and realize something is wrong with them. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy are two types of diseases that athletes get. These two types of diseases are caused by head traumas and mostly can be affected with a concussion. ALS is known as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis it's a disease that affects the nerve cells in the brain also in the spinal cord. ALS can also make the person's body weak. CTE is known as Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy and is mainly found in the brain of an athlete. CTE can also show how the person acts or how their attitude is toward a person. Athletes are getting these types of diseases

Many complaints have been about injury rates in aggressive sports. Context evidence has said that parents believe that the coaches are pushing the children to far so it becomes a problem and converts to injury. The coaches are trained to keep the athletes out of harm's way. Evidence in context shows that most athletic injuries are from wrong movements of the body from doing a workout in the wrong way. Many injuries are also caused by collisions of athletes which is a part of contact sports. Which lies in the saying “ if the sport is too hard for you then leave”.

A recent report found that the danger of death from Alzheimer's and ALS (additionally called Lou Gehrig's ailment) was 4 times higher among NFL players than the all inclusive community. It's conceivable that CTE may have been the genuine reason for death in some of these cases, however the study was not ready to decide this since it inspected demise testaments, which didn't list CTE as a reason for death, the specialists said.

Amyotrophic  lateral  sclerosis  (ALS)  is  a  devastating and fatal neurological disorder  that  causes  weakness,  atrophy,  paralysis,  and eventually respiratory failure due to the  selective  degeneration  of  neurons  responsible for voluntary movement. Since  its discovery in 1874, ALS has remained a  medical  mystery  ‐ researchers  remain  unable to identify any clear cause, cure, or  effective  treatment  for  the  disease.2   Throughout the history of research on the  disease, epidemiological and public health  research approaches have played a key role  in  informing  policy  and  advancing  knowledge on the disease. Epidemiological  studies  have  helped  change  early  perceptions  of  ALS  as  an  extremely  rare  disease,  and

Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, commonly referred to as CTE, is a degenerative brain disease that can cause depression, dementia, and Alzheimer’s in those who have suffered repeated instances of head trauma. The aforementioned disease came to light after researchers examined the brains of several high-profile athletes who died due to the previously mentioned symptoms. Moreover, according to current knowledge, contact sport athletes, such as boxers or football players, are at the highest risk of developing CTE. This means that said disease plagues athletes who help generate millions for charity, drive local economies, and inspire our youth. This essay will explore changing these games to protect athletes, banning the high-risk games, and informing athletes and consumers as potential solutions to this issue.

Sports can be a very dngerous game depending on how you play the sport. You can be to aggressive in the NFL and serously hurt someone despite the gear you wear. You can be a MLB pitcher and mess up on a pitch and hurt a player by throwing a pitch at a player’s head. You have to be very careful how you play the sport you are playing. Sports are supposed to be competive and fun, but you have to remember to be safe and care for the other competiors you are competing against.