Today there are many sports that played by people on a professional level, high school, and recreation. Many people enjoy playing contact sports like football, boxing, and Hockey but the main concern is the head injuries that the players run the risk of getting. My name is Jack and I can say first hand from playing three contact sports, football, lacrosse, and hockey, that I am taking a huge risk of head injury playing these sports. Through the years of splaying these sports I have had 2 concussions, one from Football and one in Hockey. Concussions aren't the only injury many athletes face, there are also Hematomas, Contussions, Skull Fractures, and Whiplash. A Hematoma is a rupture in the blood vessels between the head and the brain. A Contusion is the bruising of the brain tissue. Skull fracture is an injury were the bones that make up the skull are broken. The most common sports injury; the Concussion, is a brain injury that causes the brain to alter brain function.
A head to head hit in football on Aaron Rodgers
Around the U.S. there are an estimated 3.8 million concussion as a result of recreational and professional sports. Some injuries like concussions are minor, and eventually heal over time. But there are many injuries like Hematomas, contusions, etc. that are very serious. Many injuries have permanent effects on the human mind. If the injury is serious enough it can cause paralysis, dementia, insomnia, etc. It is very important to stay protected in sports so none of these injuries happen.
Sidney Crosby after being hit in the head
Work Cited
http://www.uni.edu/walsh/HeadInjury.pdf
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cerebral_contusion#Causes
http://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/concussion/basics/definition/con-20019272
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concussions_in_sport
