Concussions and Head Injuries in the National Football League

Returning to the ancient times, gladiators die in front of fans shouting at hundreds of big stadiums. However, there is soccer in modern times. There is no gladiator fighting it at the gym. For football players' efforts, try touch down in front of thousands of fans in the stadium. The highest level football, the National Football League is the most noteworthy program this week, with an average of over 19 million viewers per week.

Of particular concern is football, which is not only one of the biggest concussions but also the biggest participant91, the commonality of football shocks has been highlighted. 0.41 92 per game) In a survey of 2,552 NFL retired players in 2007, more than 60% of players reported one or more concussions in their game and 24% reported more than three concussions Did. Recurrent injuries are not peculiar to football, but there is evidence that athletes with a history of concussion will increase the risk of concussion in the future (up to 3 to 5 times the risk).

Players and their families complain that the National Football League (NFL) is not looking at the dangers involved in sports, especially the dangers caused by repeated concussions and head injuries. More than 4,000 players sued NFL. Former San Diego Lightning team player Junior Sea and Chicago Bears Star Dave Duisson even filed a wrong death case against the league. American football may be a British niche market, but often football is considered as dangerous - Should David Cameron be as concerned as President Obama? According to Jim McKenna (and football coach), professor of sports and health at Leeds City University, it is not so. He pointed out that head attacks of American football players are intertwined in a manner rarely seen in football. "They fight the opponents, their heads are the tips of the missiles, and behind them there is a very heavy weight," McKenna said.

Full-fledged contact sports such as boxing, American football and rugby are famous for athletes head injuries that tend to change their lifestyle. As a result, more than 4,500 professional American football players appealed the league with shock-related brain injuries that brought compensation for $ 765 million in NFL in August 2013. The brain problems they report include depression, dementia, Alzheimer's disease and so on. This phenomenon, usually caused by traumatic brain injury, is equally ubiquitous, but it is rarely talked about - the possibility of drug abuse and poisoning. According to Boston University trauma Encephalopathy Research Center for brain injury in sports, repeated strokes (or severe blows) on the head can lead to part of the brain responsible for frontal degeneration, pulse control.