Musicians Playing Related Injuries

There are many risks to playing sports but the biggest one is injuries. In invasion games like lacrosse and soccer you risk being pushed, tackled, kicked, and other physical “attacks”. In other games like tennis you can get hurt from a fracture or sprain. In almost every sport you could be injured.

Athletes of all ages are playing with some sort of injury or concussion. The main reason athletes are never fully recovered is the aspect of those surrounding the athlete. The athlete just wants to be able to help his team and show how strong they are. Studies show “42 percent of kids said that they have downplayed or hidden injuries so that they could keep playing” (Murray, 2014, para. 6). This is how athletes today think they are being tough but in reality it can lead to more serious consequences. The consequences are not always short term they can alter your life the rest of your days. Athletes just think about what is happening right now not looking to the future.

This was about 35,000 years ago. Previous hominins were musically unintelligible. The modern-day composers, musicians, and singers with tubas, bagpipes, and xylophones have evolved from these Neanderthals with the instruments of body parts.

Injuries is a con that comes with sports. In, Report: Pressure on teen athletes soars, studies have shown that concussions have tripled over the last decade (Report). A way to avoid injuries, like concussions, is to get more protective and effective gear. Some still argue that joining sports isn’t worth a

When playing any athletic sport, there are multiple risks that a player, such as I, may encounter while participating in each sport. Growing up in a sports family, meant I played multiple sports as a young athlete, such as, baseball, football, basketball and swimming. During my younger sports years, I cannot recall any major injuries or concussions in any of the sports I played. While practicing and participating in any sport or activity it is necessary to take precautions, by using the proper equipment and good technique before, during, and after the activity. As an athlete with many hours of practice and conditioning, I felt I ready for almost anything life could throw at me. As an athlete, I have pushed my body to the limit and my body started to push back with injuries leading to partial fractures, MCL tears, and UCL strain.

According to the National Federation of State High School Associations studying in California, “1.5 million preadolescent and adolescent boys participate in high school football” (qtd. “Injuries”). That is a lot of students at risk for injury while playing high school sports. In the two seasons of high school football seasons observed in California, “players sustained 25.5 injuries per 100 players” (“Injuries”). With all those injuries, students are likely out of the game and are possibly hampered in other parts of their life, adjusting to their injury. With these injuries on young bodies, they can cause many problems in the future. The issue of injuries to students participating in high school sports cannot be ignored.

Many children enjoy sports more than life itself. To love a sports with that amount of significance is not a horrible thing, but to love oneself should be the first priority in life. Especially adolescents who play the sport with lots of passion and emotion by imitating their favorite athletes to fight an injury so they would be able to continue their action. The youth as a whole need to realize that injuries are capable of affecting people’s lives around them. For example, hiding any joint problems gives an increase chance of arthritis at a younger age. Sport injuries at a young age can lead to a serious case of no or rare physical activity for the rest of their life (Schnedier 1). Concussions are one of the most serious injuries that athletes should be aware of and how to continue. Athletes like Chris Coyne fight concussions to play, but fighting a severe headache, dizziness and nausea can hurt a team more if something very serious would have happened to effect a teammate’s life.

According to yard house from “ A comparison of high school sport injury surveillance data reporting by certified athletic trainer and coaches”, “High school athletes sustain more than 1.4 million injuries annually”. Many of these injuries are caused because public high school do not provide enough professional care for athletes. Some of the reasons that athletes are not provided with right care is because of insurance, proper equipment and educated professionals to treat injuries.

Athletes everywhere suffer from some kind of injury at some point of their athletic career. There are a variety of injuries and they can range from minor to severe. In many circumstances the recovering process can take a toll on the body. In severe cases, usually those pertaining to the head, the results from such injuries can be not only physically but psychologically. The 2 main injuries that will be covered throughout this paper will touch the surface of a few problems an athlete can endure throughout their tenure. Head injuries are the most severe type an athlete can come across with most of them consisting of concussions. These concussions can lead to a variety of issues. Also, an athlete can endure many types of knee injuries. These injuries can consist of either sprains or tears to ligaments. The ligaments that are affected consist of the lateral, medial, posterior, and anterior cruciate ligaments.

Music dates back to when cavemen roamed the land. Many scientist believe the first musical instrument was a hollow stick which one would blow in and a sound would come out. Music is many words spoken at a rhythm to show emotion. Music is in many cultures throughout history. In 2500 BCE an early trumpet was made. The guitar was made in the 1500 BCE by the Hittites. Nowadays there are hundreds if not even thousands of types of music. Music will continue to change throughout history.

Sports have played a substantial role to the common lifestyle throughout history. From the ancient Roman gladiator to the NFL quarterback, athletic prowess has always been admired. The increasing popularity in organized physical activity is sparking a concerning rate of injuries in adolescents and older participants. Approximately 141 athletes are seen every hour in an emergency room for injuries caused by playing a sport. That is 3397 every day, which equates to 1 every 25 seconds. The increase in injuries provoked the question, how can we raise awareness and track sports injuries?

But no matter how hard you train, an injury can happen at any time and often without warning. ” Well in playing for so long I have noticed that many players have a harder time thinking and focusing in school because their mental capacity has gone down because of the repeated blows they have taken while playing. I have also noticed that while all of us on the team may be in our teens we have the bodies of elderly people because of all the wear, tear and stress we have put on our bodies.” (Seiden) Perhaps you take too quick a cut around a defender, or don’t see that linebacker coming at your back your season and your career could end in a snap. (Men's

Anyone can get an injury in general, but if you participate in sports, every day that you play or practice your sport or sports you have that chance of getting a sports injury.

Music dates right back to the prehistoric eras where primitive instruments were constructed using items like bone and wood. These primitive musicians would not have known many of the modern terms such as octaves

Injuries play a big role in an athlete's career and his or her overall health, although minor injuries are often nothing to worry about they can lead to something serious especially if the injury is repeatedly being aggravated. scrapes, cuts, bruises, and broken bones are all things to worry about. When a player is injured he or she is losing play time and money and why risk this when there is small but giant steps that can be taken to prevent injuries. But brain injuries are something much more serious even if the player says not to worry because something worse than losing playtime is losing your life. Albert C. hergenroeder has written an article on preventing sports injuries, he says that there are 3 million sports injuries among kids around