...My Political Views There were many issues that we encounter as we walk through the journey of our everyday life. When things go bad, we may feel fear, anger or sadness. When things go right, we may feel happiness, trust and love. These are some of the emotions that we feel in every situation that we come across. Did you observed anything in your community? Or around the area you visited? Did you ever think with yourself why this or that things happen? What are the solutions that we might do for this kind of issue? Or think on how do we avoid that such thing which contributes terrible effect in our country? Try to read this essay and recognize some of the issues that you may not be observed in your community. I am a second year student in college of business and accountancy. My mother is a vendor in a sari-sari store while my father is a vulcanizer. And despite of the poverty, I am very blessed that I did not stop and continue right now in studying. The reason why I say that I am blessed, because I observed in our own community that there were many children who are not enrolled in school, even in public schools only. The main cause that I’ve think why this things happen is because they are not interested in studying, their parents did not allow them to go-off for school or they have medical problems. They are not interested: because if their interest is on studying they will find a way on how they can enroll in school. They can work in some stores in the market while studying...
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...Brain Injuries Learning Team A University of Phoenix PSY 340 Biological Foundations of Psychology 28 March 2016 Abstract Thesis Statement: In this paper we will discuss different kinds of brain injuries, the functions of neural plasticity and the limitations of neural plasticity. The first thing that is discussed in the paper in different brain injuries. We go into depth about five different brain injuries that include blood clots, hematomas, concussions, strokes and cerebral edema. Once we have covered brain injuries we discuss the functions of neural plasticity in brain injuries. An important thing that is discussed with neural plasticity is the recovery from a brain injury, what is required during recovery and how long recovery from a brain injury can take. The last thing that is discussed in this paper is the limitations of neural plasticity with brain injuries. Keywords: brain, injuries, plasticity, neural “Each year, traumatic brain injuries (TBI) contribute to a substantial number of deaths and cases of permanent disability. TBI is a contributing factor to a third (30.5%) of all injury-related deaths in the United States.” (cdc.gov) Robert has experienced a traumatic brain injury that is going to affect him for the rest of his life. Brain injuries are serious, and should be treated as such. For some people brain injuries go unnoticed and untreated leaving it to be deadly, but for others it is caught and treated but the healing process is extensive. In...
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...Unfortunately, sports-related head injuries occur frequently and can be difficult to diagnose; injuries like concussions aren't always as obvious or painful as a fractured limb or pulled muscle but aren't any less serious. The Center for Disease Control(CDC) estimates that, in the Unites States alone, over 300,000 sports-related concussions occur a year(Article 1). The results of concussions can be detrimental, especially in children and young adults. Returning to play shortly after a concussion can make players vulnerable to serious injury, even permanent brain damage. Therefore, stricter protocol should be set in place for returning to play after a concussion. It seems obvious that concussions should be treated as seriously as any other...
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...to injury, illness or disease” (Farlex, 2012). Many doctors will prescribe rehabilitation services after a patient has suffered through an amputation, neurological issues, a variety of orthopedic injuries, spinal cord injuries, stroke or other traumatic brain injuries. Patients can be treated in either an inpatient or outpatient setting. This normally depends on the severity of their injury or illness. A patient who has suffered a stroke, for example will be treated within the hospital by therapists before being discharged and prescribed outpatient therapy. Stroke patients are also treated under more than one rehabilitation discipline. This means that they will see not only a licensed physical therapist but in many cases, an occupational and speech therapist as well. There are two main distinctions between physical therapists, orthopedic, neurological and pediatric. Orthopedic therapists work with a number of different diagnoses but the majority of their patients suffer from a muscle, joint or spinal injury. Advancements in medicine have allowed surgeons to perform joint replacement surgeries. Patients who have had a total knee, hip or shoulder replacement will more often than not end up in the hands of a physical therapist. According to the American Physical Therapy Association (APTA) those therapists who decide to become a neurological physical therapist will specialize “in the evaluation and treatment of individuals with movement problems due to disease or injury of the...
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...severe head injury and the cause of it is physics. Kinematics and Newtons 3 laws have a big part in it. The brain is a very sensitive organ and when treated roughly due to the brain banging of the skull and hitting the opposite side of the skull. Aggressive sports like football have a lot to do with heads hitting against each other and the helmets don't help like people might think. Concussions are all due to physics and what causes the physics to do its work is the physicality of playing football. Kinematics in the skull have a lot to do with concussions. When a player is hit really hard it could cause a sudden acceleration and deceleration causes a sudden jolt of the brain. This causes the brain to hit the skull unexpectedly....
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...When you hear the word football what pictures appear in your head? Are they the sweaty players dancer and smiling after a touchdown or of the players laying on the turf in pain? Did you know that 215,000 children (the ages ranged from 5 to 14) were treated in the hospital for an injury from football? Furthermore, football is a dangerous sport and should be banned to keep children safe. First off, football is the number one sport for youth injures. There is a static that tells in the years 2011 and 2012, 394,350 kids were injured playing football. Playing football is a dangerous decision. Any kid who plays football is at a high risk for injury. Children should be kept away from playing football, this will keep them safe and away from harm....
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...the sporting world has been dealing with head injuries in sports and finding new and better ways to deal with and prevent them. With most people involved in sport now knowing the severity of head injuries and there long term effects, it is not uncommon to hear more and more long term effect stories and how these injuries have impacted athletes’ lives. Psychological changes, brain disease, social declination, and even suicide caused from depression have been documented in recent years and has the public growing more and more curious to what the long term effects of head injuries are and what the best way to deal with them is. For professional athletes, the “loss of identity is evident”(Caron 175) and some may even lose their whole livelihood due to head injuries. In this paper I will be examining the aforementioned long-term effects of psychological changes, brain disease, and deterioration of social abilities. Long term effects of head injuries are an epidemic and by identifying these effects and being aware of symptoms or signs may help us better understand them. In recent years, psychological problems have been identified as one of the most prevalent effects caused by concussions in the long term. The sudden deaths of N.H.L players Rick Rypien, Derek Boogard, and Wade Belak all within a year due to suspected suicides shook the sporting world and made more people realize the severity of depression in sports due to head injuries. All of these hockey players were known “fighters”...
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...traumatic brain injury is the most common type of traumatic brain injury. It is typically defined as a head injury with a temporary loss of brain function. Symptoms Symptoms include a variety of physical, cognitive, and emotional symptoms, which may not be recognized if subtle. A variety of signs accompany concussion including headache, feeling in a fog, and emotional changeability. In general, the signs can be categorized into physical signs, behavioral changes, cognitive impairment, and sleep disturbances. It is not clear exactly what damage is done and how the symptoms are caused, but stretching of axons and changes in ion channels are involved. Cellular damage has reportedly...
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...Rugby is a contact sport and we are aware that injuries are sure to happen, but we also have to be aware of the injuries that we can’t see. Not only does this sport cause physical damage to the body it also causes trauma to the brain. Repeated trauma to the brain could cause a disease that is life altering, and can be severely worse if concussions aren’t treated at the start. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) is a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in athletes (and others) with a history of repetitive brain trauma, including concussions as well as sub concussive hits to the head. This disease is seen by the protein tau in distinctive areas of...
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...faced with a concussion it's time to slow down and take the proper safety measures to insure they do not suffer from long term brain damage in the future. Students should be required to sit out longer periods of time when dealing with a head injury to protect themselves from the harsh affects of a concussion in the future. In article 3 a concussion is described as "a brain injury characterized by an onset of impairment of cognitive and/or physical functioning, and it caused by a blow to the head, face, or neck, or a blow to the body that causes a sudden jarring of the head." A head injury doesn't necessarily have to come from a direct impact to the head or from the loss of consciousness, Article 1 reads: "Loss of consciousness is not an appropriate marker for the presence of absence of a concussion." When a student gets a concussion, it cannot be seen immediately. Thorough medical treatment should be received; if not properly treated, long term effects range from behavioral changes to mood disturbances and cognitive difficulties....
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...Literature review A concussion is often referred to mild brain injury by medical professionals. The study of Gerberich published in 1983 was one of the first widely cited articles to deal with concussions in high school football and spanned the years 1978–1982. Emily A. Harrison, a doctoral candidate in the History of Science Department at Harvard University researched, sports concussion has become a prominent public health problem in the early 21st century, also referred to as “The Concussion Crisis.” Harrison found that Football-related concussion contributed to much of the epidemic burden and inspired a lot of public awareness. The crisis has been around for more than a century. In the first decades of the sport of football, concussions...
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...More now than before, athletes are being extremely cautious when there is trauma to the brain. After multiple cases of poor treatment, parents and doctors are taking control of an epidemic of untreated concussions. As more studies advance, it is discovered that every case is different. The range of seriousness is created by severity, past experience with trauma, and how the patient heals. Concussions in sports can range in severity, and how they affect each individual over time depending on times of impact. A concussion can be defined as a mild traumatic brain injury caused by excessive impact to the head. The word concussion comes from the Latin word concutere, which means "to shake violently." The injury is caused by the brain moving forcefully back and forth. The brain is made up of soft tissue and protected by spinal fluid and encased in the protective shell of the skull. The rapid movement can cause chemical changes in the brain and can sometimes stretch and damage brain cells or nerves. Moreover, it’s a bruise on the brain that alters mental state. Things like car and bicycle accidents, falls while playing sports or at work, and fighting are some of the leading sources of concussions. When being examined by a doctor first the signs and symptoms will be evaluated, then the medical history will be under review, and finally...
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...Introduction Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is an injury to the brain that results from: A hard, direct blow to the head (closed injury). An object penetrating the skull and entering the brain (open injury). What are the causes? TBI is caused by a closed or open injury to the brain. What increases the risk? You are more likely to develop this condition if: You are 75 years or older. You are a man. You are in a car accident. You play contact sports, especially football, hockey, or soccer, and you do not wear protective gear. You are in the military. You are a victim of violence. You abuse drugs or alcohol. You have had a previous TBI. What are the signs or symptoms? Symptoms of this condition can vary from person to person. They may occur right...
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...throughout his career. Junior Seau was an NFL Linebacker and was constantly taking hard blows to the head over the past 20 years, his injuries were not properly treated and overtime led to a brain disease. There has been no scientific research that has proven there are long-term effects to concussions, but many athletes who have experienced concussions believe that concussions cause significant brain damage over time. Many people ask what a concussion is. A concussion is a form of a traumatic brain injury, traumatic brain injuries occur when an individual sustains harms to the head and internal brain damage occurs. Concussions can cause dizziness, headaches, blurred vision, coma, and seizures if not treated properly (Brainhealth). Damage done to the brain can range from temporary loss of brain function to bruising and swelling of the brain or even tearing of blood vessels and injury to nerves. Athletes who return to their sport without full recovery put themselves at a high risk for serious brain damage. Imagine your brain like a broken bone, when we break a bone in...
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... TBI in Early Childhood: Impact of Early Intervention on Childhood Development Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a growing concern for children in their preschool years. Children of young ages undergo many developmental changes during the ages of two through five. These changes are significant for their growth and maturity. They include cognitive, social, and behavioral development as well as development in executive functioning. Sustaining a traumatic brain injury during these years can pose as a direct risk of developmental deficits in any or all of these areas. After an extensive literature review, it was found that most of the previous research resulted in areas of consensus. These areas compare the how TBI severity and the age of the TBI effect developmental. Results from multiple studies show that the more sever the TBI, the more prevalent the developmental deficiencies (Gerrard-Morris, A., Taylor, H., Yeates, K., Walz, N., Stancin, T., Minich, N., & Wade, S., 2009; McKinlay, A., Grace, R., Horward, L., Fergusson, D., & MacFarlane, M., 2008; Morse, S., Haritou, F., Ong, K., Anderson, V., Catroppa, C., & Rosenfeld, J., 1999; Taylor, H., Swartwout, M., Yeates, K., Walz, N., Stancin, T., & Wade, S., 2008). It is also found that children injured in early childhood are more vulnerable to developmental deficits, According to Taylor et. al (2008), a younger age at the time of injury is a predictor of worse outcomes. Although many researchers in this field have shared the previous...
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