Book Blog #2

Concussions are not going to stop, but there are many ways to prevent them. In the book The Concussion Crisis Anatomy of a Silent Epidemic they teach you ways how to prevent it. In the last chapters we get introduced to a High School football player from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. On a Friday night game under the lights, Mark Lenkiewics was playing football and the score of the game was 14-14 in the third quarter. The next thing he knew he was getting carted of the field by trainers.  Lenkiewic received a concussion while running the ball with 2:03 left in the third quarter when he was in the open field a defender came in to hit him, Lenkiewic put his head down to protect himself. The Defender for the other team was not trying to make contact with Lenkiewics head rather he was trying to hit his mid-section. By putting his head down Lenkiewich exposed himself to the chance of getting a concussion. The main point that the authors were trying to get across in the last few chapters was that concussions can easily be avoided. If athletes would use the proper technique of hitting and receiving a hit.   Lowering your head puts you at more risk of getting a concussion, and if you don’t get a concussion you are also at risk of injuring your neck. The author went on to say, “One of the biggest pushes with concussions is to educate people and athletes about the symptoms and warning signs.” By spreading the word and educating the severity of concussions, the injuries will be cut down.