Head Concussions

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What happens to the brain?


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What is Neuropsychological Testing?

Neuropsychological functioning refers to the ability of the nervous system andbrain to process and interpret information received through the senses. TheHalstead-Reitan evaluates a wide range of nervous system and brain functions,including: visual, auditory, and tactual input, verbal communication, spatial andsequential perception, the ability to analyze information, form mental concepts,

and make judgments, motor output, and attention, concentration, and memory.


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Headaches are often subjective experiences, characterized by pain felt in thehead. However, headaches do not occur from the bones or brain tissuesitself, both of which lack pain-receptors. Instead, headaches occur from thenerves located in the facial organs (eyes, tongue, etc.) that run through thescalp of the head. The nerve receptors that sense pain, called nociceptors,can be triggered by tension, stress, hormones, dilated blood vessels, etc.

How do you get headaches?


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Cycling 40,272

Football 21,878

Baseball & softball 18,246

Basketball 14,952

Skateboard/Scooter 14,783WaterSports 12,843

Soccer 8,392

Powered Rexreational Vehicles 6,818

Winter Sports 6,750

Trampolines 5,025

Top ten sport- related injuries for

children 14 and younger

All the activities represent the highest number of head injuries treated in U.S.hospital emergency rooms.


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Boxing V.S. Your Head

Over time professional and

amateur boxers can suffer

permanent brain damage . The

force of a professional boxers fist is

like getting hit by a 13 pound

bowling ball traveling at 20 mph,

or about 25 times the force of

gravity.


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When Hit by a Football Player.

Players experience changes in the brain

function long before they have

recognizable signs of a concussion.

Researchers found that some players

who take hits on the field arecompeting with an undiagnosed brain

injury.


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Use that HELMET!! ha

Not using a helmet doesnt mean that

you never know when the unexpected

will come and swipe you from your feet

and now your upside down ready to

fall on your head. The differencebetween falling with and without a

helmet, if you have a helmet most of

the force will be exerted on to the

helmet and wont bang you up as much

as if you didnt wear a helmet.


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