America’s most watched and famous sport football is a lot more dangerous than you know. The overall injury rate is 1 injuries per 12.5 athletes. The most common injuries are concussions and ligament injuries.
Concussions are the most common injury in football. They also can cause health issues such as persistent dizziness and memory loss.UPMC Sports Medicine Concussion Program found that between 1.7 million and 3 million sports- and recreation-related concussions happen each year. What’s worse, about 5 in 10 concussions go unreported or undetected. The NFL has improved on its concussion protocol. The protocol currently states:
“A central UNC will be stationed in the NFL’s command center to assist in oversight of each game via broadcasts; Any sign of impact seizure will be considered the same as loss of consciousness and the player will be taken out of the game and may not return; A referee who removes a player from the game for suspected head trauma must notify the medical staff; A player who exhibits gross motor instability or significant loss of balance must be taken to the locker room for evaluation if it is not diagnosed as an orthopedic injury; A player who is evaluated for a concussion must be re-evaluated within 24 hours, even if the player has an off day; A third UNC will be on site for the playoffs and the Super Bowl, in addition to the two already assigned to each regular-season game.”
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Many football player such as A. J. Tarpley, a linebacker on the Buffalo Bills , Joshua perry linebacker seahawks retires at 24 Chris borland linebacker 49ers jordan cameron tight end miami dolphins have all retired because of the amount of concussions or the long term health issues caused by concussions. In july 2007 a study found 110 out of 111 brain scans from NFL players showed signs of cte. Chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) is a brain condition caused by concussions signs of CTE are personality changes like aggression and depression, CTE can also cause memory loss as well.
Ligament injuries is a major injury that can cause many different problems such as ending careers, unable to move properly, and arthritis. A major ligament that is torn often is the ACL. the acl can be torn very easily in football because the player are constantly moving fast, pivoting and cutting. The fast movement is not always absorbed by the ligament which is when it tears.65% of players still play at the top level 3 years after ACL rupture. With proper treatment such as braces, physical therapy, or surgery athlete can still perform as well as they did before but that’s not always the case.Daunte Culpepper in 2005 tore his ACL, MCL, and PCL, Culpepper as well as many other athletes returned after the injury and never played the same. Approximately 51 NFl player tore their ACL in the 2017 season.
