When we are watching football, we are being amazed when a player scored a goal by using his head rather his foot. Professional football players are able to manipulate the ball using their heads. They can balance the ball and bounce it according to their will. We find it amazing and sometimes we try it out in our home. When I tried it, the ball seems to be heavy and it feels like my brain is shaken everytime it bounce. I ended up feeling dizzy and my head seems to ache a little bit. After desperately trying to imitate those athletes, I ended up asking myself, Why are they capable of doing it continously without being dizzy, and without experiencing pain? I searched many different football articles and i found out that frequent headers can be dangerous.
According to the article entitled "Frequent soccer headers may leave lasting brain damage" by Michelle Castillo in a site called "cbsnews" that research are shown that players hit the ball with their heads are more likely to have brain abnormalities similar to people who are known to had concussions. They studied the sport of soccer because it is one of the famous sport in the world. Researchers and doctors found out that an athlete who executes header had more chances of brain damage. Some athletes who retired playing soccer are experiencing long-term brain damage because of the header.
Michelle said that "Soccer players who frequently do headers may be setting themselves up for brain injuries". I agree with Michelle, players who does header may not know the consequences of doing it. Maybe after some long time, the symptoms of the brain damage will be quite visible. Still, many players are still doing this move in order to perform and contribute for the team without knowing what further risks this move can give.
I have read an article entitled "Repetitive soccer ball 'heading' could lead to brain injury" by Loren Grush in a site called "foxnews" that most athletes who experience similar types of brain abnormalities are the soccer players. By utilizing advanced magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) techniques, researchers from the Albert Einstein College of medicine in New York City found that numerous repetitions of the soccer move called "heading", are associated with adverse brain changes comparable to those found in patients with traumatic brain injury (TBI).
Loren stated that "we need to do research and confirm what the risk are, and if they are confirmed, develop ways to address them". We people should know the risk of the sport before the moment we play it. We need to make sure that the moves we make are safe for us to execute in order to play safe and healthy. I agree with Loren, the moment that a problem has been seen, we need to think fast in order to solve it and find a way to share it. Therefore, many people could be cautious about the things that they are doing. It is better to be safe rather than sorry.
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