Cognitive issues including memory and concentration Sleep issues including too much or too little sleep drowsiness and difficulty falling asleep Physical issues including headaches decreased balance dizziness impaired vision fatigue nauseavomiting and sensitivity to light and noise.

What happens when a basketball hits your head. Even though the ball might have hit the tip of your finger the injury actually occurs in the knuckle because thats where the brunt of the trauma is absorbed. That twisting and pulling can cause brain circuits to break or lose their insulation or get kinked up and that shuts off parts of the brain. Yes a significant blow to the head or other serious injuries can lead to a concussion but dont count out any minor incidents.

Basketball is an extremely fun fast-paced sport to play and its one of the few sports you can enjoy in your youth AND as you get older. First aid for head injuries. Even falls to the ground are non-major trauma especially if there are no rapidly developing neuro symptoms such as worsening headache vomiting slurred speech confusion sleepiness or seizures.

No but in standard four I got hit with a ball in the head while playing kick ball. If your finger looks crooked or dislocated or is unbearably painful see a doctor. Injuries to the lower body mostly ankle sprains Injuries to the hand fingers head face and teeth.

Head injuries are all too common with almost 250000 admissions to hospitals in the US each year and an estimated 50000 deaths. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury TBI that happens when the brain is jarred or shaken hard enough to bounce against the skull. Repeat injuries or multiple small bumps to the head can be just as.

That means that if you hit your head and the brain swells there will be less room for blood which could mean the brain will become even more injured. Or if you hit your head and the blood vessels in your brain start to bleed the brain tissue may end. However the explosive movements and constant turning and cutting can make basketball a sport riddled with potential foot and ankle injuries.

An instant later the basketball and golf ball will meet in a head-on collision with the same incoming speeds. The most common basketball injuries are to the foot ankle and. You experience symptoms ranging from headache dizziness or nausea to feeling confused or out of it.