For the entirety of this semster, I have been involved in the topic of brain trauma in sports. This lead to me researching and finding correlations between concussion, head traumas, and all the types of diseases in these sports. Considering my topic is relatively new to the public and really…

The nature of my posts has changed slightly in the past five weeks. If I were to be completely honest each post looks similar except for the beginnings of each. There was a common theme among all my posts that I got marked up for and all pointed to my…

The communities knowledge of head injuries In order to further expand my knowledge about head injuries occurring in sports, I created an online survey. This survey consists of a few simple questions that test a small sample size of people on their knowledge about concussions. I wanted to have at…

The average person does not what a concussion truly is and how they are caused. In the TED Talk ​video​, ​“Why helmets don’t prevent concussions and what might”​, David Camarillo, a professor of Bioengineering, Mechanical Engineering and Neurosurgery at Standford University goes in-depth on concussions and takes a closer look…

Summary In Football and Brain Injuries: What You Need to Know by Alex Pew MD and Danielle Shapiro (National Center for Health Research), they put a spotlight on concussions and how they lead to massive brain injuries and disorders. They begin by simply defining what a concussion is and allude to…

Rhetorical Analysis of “I’m the Wife of a Former N.F.L. Player. Football Destroyed His Mind.” Summary The discovery of C.T.E. and other fatal head trauma diseases have impacted the lives of many. In an opinion piece by Emily Kelly on the New York Times. In her article, “I’m the Wife of…

Tom Robbins once said, “Our greatest human adventure is the evolution of consciousness. We are in this life to enlarge the soul, liberate the spirit, and light up the brain”. Lately, the sport of football has been proven to oppose this view of life. Football is one of the rare…