Sports is a major part of mostly everyone’s life either you watch it or just participate in it. Though it has it benefits, everyone has the reason why they participate or enjoy watching sports. With the benefits comes with some consequence. When a football player puts on a helmet, he knows what he gets himself into. Although they have a helmet on, they are not guarantee not to get a concussion, according to Press Release “there was a new study that found out that football helmets currently used on the field does little to no protection against hits to side if the head” (AAN).
In the Olympics for Hockey, they take the helmet and protecting the face rule very serious. During warm-ups, it has been required that all players wear helmets. If a player is not wearing his helmet correctly during the game, the game will be stopped and the player is penalized. The NHL is a little bit easier on players, it’s not required like in the Olympics where players have to wear a helmet during pre-game and if your helmet comes off in the during NHL play the game continues.
For starters, wrestlers like myself hate having to wear headgears. They limit the skills of the wrestlers. Wrestlers like to be free when wrestling. They like to feel as if nothing is holding them back, and that pushes them to do their best. Put a headgear on a wrestler, and their game changes. They go from being great, to feeling stuck. A headgear is like prison for the head. It feels as if the head is put behind bars. It is a foreign object stuck on your head. No matter how hard you try to shake it off and ignore it. It is still there.
Researchers later found out that headgear is not protecting their brain. A competitor’s brain is still being shook around the skull. The requirement of wearing headgear is now optional to these sports.
I learned that swimming is both good for the body and the mind. Water is 600 to 700 times denser than air so it improves muscular strength. Adapted aquatics can also improve flexibility because the reduction in gravity allows a greater range of motion and the uniform pressure gives the body greater support. Adapted aquatics is also good for mental and emotional health of those with special needs. While swimming the volunteers give praise and strike up friendly conversation that give opportunity for success. I also learned that adapted aquatics activities should be changed to fit the individual's needs and
The use of protective headgear in contact sports has been a major issue of discussion amongst the sporting community for many years. Some people believe that headgear should be compulsory for all contact sports because they decrease the rate of catastrophic head injuries and they give the athlete a greater sense of security that there will be less head injuries. Others believe that headgear should not be compulsory, but instead optional, because they are an added cost to already expensive sports and they don’t offer any protection against concussions which can lead to brain damage and other problems in later
Researchers made a mouth guard which decreases injuries around your face. Helmets are designed to prevent head injuries, such as concussions, skull fractures and brain injuries. Helmets have been proved to reduce the risk of head injuries. Helmets and mouth guard are designed to decrease the likelihood of head injuries from a direct impact to the head by scattering and dispensing the energy of impact
Have you ever played a sport, that injured you or give you a concussion? Safety always comes first. Especially, when you're doing something that can get you an injury really easy. Having protective gear is important, mainly in sports. Some sports should have protective head gear. Protecting your head is important, and every part in it. Half of the sports are usually contact sports, which getting hurt in the head can be more of the chance, which is bad. As well, getting hurt in the head has many consequences which no one wants to have. Many athletes get concussions and it’s not good. 90 percent of the times, the person is conscious while having a concussion, the other 10 percent, there are unconscious. Therefore, protective head-gear
In the Olympics for Hockey, they take the helmet and protecting the face rule very serious. During warm-ups, it has been required that all players wear helmets. If a player is not wearing his helmet correctly during the game, the game will be stopped and the player is penalized. The NHL is a little bit easier on players, it’s not required like in the Olympics where players have to wear a helmet during pre-game and if your helmet comes off in the during NHL play the game continues.
Five to 10% of athletes will suffer from a concussion during any giving sporting season; the highest demographic is athletes between the ages of 15 and 17 years, according to the Southwest Athletic Trainers Association (SWATA). Swimming is one of the most popular sports because it is generally safer than most contact sports. What you need to know is that concussions can occur in all sports. The risk is just lower in some, like swimming.
The topic of wearing a helmet for during women’s lacrosse games is controversial. In this sport, women only wear goggles. Recently, athletic companies have designed helmets, that are similar to bicycle helmets with attached goggles. Despite sustaining a concussion in early December, I am opposed to wearing a helmet for multiple reasons.
“Patient-centered care would allow for the dental hygienist to form a working relationship with his/her patients.” I think that is great that you think that because it seems like a lot of offices I know they have like a patient quota that they have to meet each day. Dental offices should not be like a drive through at a fast food place with just clean teeth then off you goes. Hygienists should be able to connect to their patients to have a better understanding about their dental health and overall health. We are proud to be hygienists because we can say that we help our patients one way or another to better their
With the new school year starting also comes the beginning of after-school sports. If your child has just begun playing on a school team, then he or she is in for a lot of great fun and exercise, but also the possibility of injury. Mouth guards protect your child's teeth from injury, and here are some mouth-guard guidelines to follow to minimize your child's risk of dental injury when engaging in his or her new sport.
Swimming is also a valuable tool outside competition and recreation. Knowing how to swim can me survival in emergencies. Swimming can also aid in physical therapy and is a general exercise. Many muscles in the body are utilized.