Head Hurting

A concussion, which could be caused by a small head movement, is no minor issue as it could lead to brain trauma. Many people are affected by it and many more are vulnerable to it. But the impact isn't the real issue. The real issue is with the lack of healing and recovery. Healing time is crucial when it comes to head injuries and, according to the CDC, most athletes get around 7 days to recover compared to the recommended 1-2 months! Athletes sometimes don't even get time to recover and this could lead to long term effects in life. According to my personal experience, my ability to focus has been greatly reduced because of a concussion. This is a serious issue that is often overlooked my coaches and parents because of their pride and overconfidence in the child. Due to the fact that concussions could lead to permanent brain damage, discomfort, and long term illness, student athletes should be excluded from any athletics until a full recovery had been accomplished.

If a student player were to be impacted on the field and have a concussion, they should sit out for a longer period of time to fully recover. This because if a student were to have a head injury, somewhat recover, and then get back on the field, they would have higher risks of permanent brain damage which can effect their daily activities. Findings show that a high school student are 3 times more likely to experience a second concussion if they have already had a concussion during that season. They also show that if they fail at properly healing their concussion, they might have long-term consequences and could effect jobs further in life.

There are long-term as well as short-term symptoms. The most common symptoms are confusion, headaches, dizziness, nausea, difficulty with memory, and disturbances with vision. Other symptoms include clumsiness, slurred speech, sluggishness, ringing in ears, and behavioral or personality changes. There are three different types of concussions and the symptoms vary for each. These three are grade 1, 2, and 3. In a grade 1 concussion, there is no loss of consciousness and symptoms last for no longer than 15 minutes. Grade 2 concussions entail no loss of consciousness but symptoms last a bit longer. Finally, in grade three concussions, symptoms last for weeks and even months with the immediate symptom of losing consciousness. Even if you don’t feel any symptoms, your brain is still not 100 percent. In addition suffering one concussion makes someone more susceptible to suffering an additional concussion. If you were to suffer multiple concussions, it puts you at risk for second impact syndrome, which has its own symptoms very similar to any normal concussion. This condition could be life threatening. (Retrieved from http://www.nationwidechildrens.org/concussions-in-sports) This is very uncommon in most people and really only applicable to athletes but leagues have still taken action to avoid this condition. If anyone has any symptoms of a concussion or hit their head hard enough, they should see a doctor

Participation in any athletic activity directly increases risk of injury.Throughout this research, many of the sources have provided information about the methods of preventing a concussion, different types of concussions or brain injuries, and medical treatments for concussions. Many athletes today receive concussions when participating in sports, mainly football and soccer. Some ways to prevent a concussion from happening would be to wear protective gear, and watching your eating habits, as this can lead to an occurrence of a concussion (Halstead). Concussions are a major public health issue and many athletes may face the risk of receiving a concussion. A concussion is a clinical syndrome of symptoms and signs occurring after biomechanical force is imparted to the brain. The different types of concussions or brain injuries include mild traumatic brain injury, postconcussion symptoms, postconcussion syndrome,which is the symptoms after receiving a concussion, chronic neurocognitive impairment, subconcussive injury, chronic traumatic encephalopathy, Cervical Trauma Syndrome, the neck pain and stiffness after receiving the concussion, and Cerebral Palsy, which causes loss of function and mobility (Hecimovich). For people who receive concussions and have to attend school, there is a new program specifically in Guilford County Schools named “Return to Learn Method for concussions”. This program is considered to be a method to assist people who have received a concussion from playing a sport to get back on track, refresh their minds and try and remember the material they have learned. Another reason why this program would be an important method after receiving a concussion would be for the simple fact that it would help the student recover and relieve the pain in their head. Depending on how severe the athlete got hit in the head, this would determine whether the athlete has a slight headache, or a severe head injury that would require full treatment. When an athlete gets critical damage to the head, then this would possibly lead to a severe brain injury and would cause the athlete to suffer from many symptoms like headaches, fuzzy or blurry vision, dizziness, sensitivity to noise or light, balance problems,

The Symptoms of concussions can appear after contact to the head and usually come from playing sports competitively. The most common symptoms of concussion are usually right after contact or few hours afterwards. According to the article Concussion published by the Mayo Clinic accessed on October 11, 2017 they state that symptoms of concussions are headache, loss of consciousness, confusion, dizziness, nausea, vomiting, fatigue, and delayed speech or response. Symptoms usually appear from a few minutes to 4 days after the incident of contact

Head trauma from concussions can be extremely detrimental to a person’s body so that such things as death can occur. Everyone knows that concussions are not a good thing but not everyone knows how severe they actually are. Concussions are becoming an epidemic in sports and a solution should be drawn up to help the players in sporting activities.

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

Post-concussion syndrome is a complex disorder with symptoms can consist of headaches, dizziness, fatigue, and irritability that can last as little as a week and up to months after a head injury. The causes can be a traumatic blow to the head or neck injuries in which the patient does not have to lose consciousness. The effect of being injured can do permanent damaged to the brain and nervous system. Dealing with Post-concussion syndrome not only can have a physical effect, but a psychological one as well (Mayo clinic page 2).

People might think a concussion is only short term, and that the person who received it can go back to their sport once they are deemed ready by medical professionals, however, this is not the case. The side effects of a concussion can last for years, and if the player is not healed completely, it increases the chances of that person sustaining a new concussion.Therefore, athletes should be required to stop playing their sport for a certain amount of time, even after they stop showing symptoms of a concussion.

Headaches, irritation, and confusion; these are some of the symptoms of a concussion. Diagnosed with an acute concussion, I was left with limitations. I felt chained down in one spot, unable to move forward for the first five months of my junior year. Listening to loud sounds or using my brain would trigger a badgering headache which prohibited me from attending full class

Because each brain is different, symptoms may appear right away or take several days or weeks to show up. Symptoms of a concussion may include the following: difficulty in remembering events just prior to concussion, irritability, confusion, blurred vision, dizziness and vomiting, headaches, slurred speech or saying things that don’t make sense, and feeling overly tired (goaskalice.com). People with these symptoms should seek medical attention to ensure the brain injury isn’t more complicated. In caring for someone who has experienced a concussion, it is important to wake the person up at least once during the night for the first couple of days. If a person cannot be easily awakened, becomes increasingly

Every student-athlete knows the risk-factors that come with playing any sport. According to Luke Gessel, there were approximately 300,000 brain injuries that were related to sports activities (Gessel, 2007). When an athlete experiences multiple concussions, it can cause the end of one’s career as well as lead to other long-term issues. Sports are a major component of any college. Collegiate sports draw in future recruits, sponsorships, and numerous other aspects that bring money to the table. These sports activities can vary from college to college and each sport has its own protocol towards the prevention and treatment of sport-related injuries. It is the responsibility of the team doctor to manage injuries that a student-athlete suffers.

Now when you start getting a player that has had more than one concussion then that is when more concerns begin to start. The risk of complications is increased in athletes who prematurely return to play and in those with prolonged loss of consciousness or post-traumatic amnesia. An athlete with prolonged loss of consciousness or signs and symptoms that worsen or persist after a concussion should be evaluated in the emergency department. An athlete should not be allowed to resume sports participation until all symptoms of a concussion have resolved. (Sturmi)

When playing sports there are many different types of injuries. There are multiple ways an injuring can happen and how it affects the players. Most importantly each injury should be treated different depending on how bad the damage is. The most common head injury is known as a concussion; a concussion is whne the brain bounces against the walls of