Imagine, if you can, an income drop from thirty thousand a year to less than ten thousand a year. This is calls for a colossal change in the way a person lives. What to sacrifice and what to consider as essential, becomes the main point of decision-making. The catalyst of this injury grew from pushing the body past the limit of physical readiness. This injury started a journey that is still in progress. Decisions, even small ones can bring about unexpected results. Look at how some decisions affected others and the results that came from them.
Lifting, throwing, carrying and pushing money lead to money. Loomis, Brinks and Wells Fargo are the types of businesses that move money, and they use people to accomplish this. Men dominate this world of money transport, but with perseverance a women showed, she too could do the job. After several years of training new comers and proving that, hard work pays off an injury sneaks in. On a day like many that has passed before a coin, pickup was the first step toward the end of this job. Using a two-wheeled handcart to move coin from the customer’s storage area to the rear of the truck is standard procedure. However, on this particular day the coin load was large, over three hundred fifty pound bags of quarters. On the last load, the two-wheeled handcart became stuck crossing a door threshold and required an extra push. This was the first decision that would change everything.
Because it was easier to push a little harder, rather than unstuck the load and take a little less out, the body suffered. At first, it was a visit to the company doctor who called for x-rays, and limited physical activity for a week. The week passed with no relief, so back to the doctor. More physical therapy was call...
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...lenge, but it has to lead to somewhere. All of this started with that first decision to push a little harder than the body could handle. If any one of those decisions had been different, the entre outcome would alter. Try not to focus too much, on what might have been and spend that energy wondering what will be. Six years after the injury, the decisions made are evident. Financially the income is still less but much improved from the cashier position. Work is more enjoyable and personal and professional ties have grown. The satisfaction from completing college, even just the AAS degree has been fulfilling and worth the path to get there. Going back and making different decisions would have changed some things and since things are, better those decisions lead in the right direction. Be careful what influences your decisions because they stay with a person forever.
What does Jovan Belcher, Ray Esterling and O.J. Murdock Have in common? They all were famous football players who commented suicide. Each player had something called chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE. This is a condition where sufferers have had repeated hits to the head that leads to concussions and ultimately head trauma. In this research paper, we will go over the data about the NFL to see could they have prevented CTE in these players if they had placed the player’s safety first.
Wideman’s injury is sufficiently severe under the law as. The controlling case, Jones v. Harris, 35 Md. App. 556, 371 A.2d 1104 (1977), held that the plaintiff’s injury was not severe as he only suffered from humiliation, already had a nervous nature and was not entirely disabling as he was still able to function properly in his daily life. In a similar case, Hamilton v. Ford Motor Credit Co., 502 A. 2d 1057 - Md: Court of Special Appeals 1986, the plaintiff was not able to prove that her injury was severe as she only experienced mild consequences that mostly just hurt her ego. This case held that the plaintiff did not prove that the injury leads her to suffer acute emotional distress that seriously debilitated her everyday life and
All injuries are a serious matter, but upper body injuries are more delicate. “Although the majority of contusions to the most parts of the body result injuries that are self-correcting and without serious consequence, even relatively
This was one of the main aspects that brought me to this crossroad that I am at now and that I faced at the beginning of my college career. When I decided to go to college I wanted to be a doctor, so that is how I started out. Looking at the challenges ahead of me on that path I did some research and decided to change paths and pursue a career in Health Services. In health services I can still help people the way I like and it also fits into my plan for myself. With what makes me myself I look at the crossroad I am at now and all I think to do is to keep moving forward and straight. Looking back is a different me and going left or right provides many new challenges, so forward is my only option. Even though I will run into many other crossroads and challenges on my current path, I feel the way I am put together I can overcome anything that comes my
The interpreting stage of Tanner’s Clinical Judgment helps nurses give meaning to a specific patient’s situation (Jambunathan, J., Lancaster, R. J. & Westphal, J., 2015). This scenario allowed me to interpret the everyday struggles that may be faced by those who are paralyzed and how these people must thereby adapt their lifestyle as a result. In Brandon’s case, I tried to interpret what it would be like if I was not able to use my legs and what safe measures would need to be used while providing care. I came to the understanding that I would have to increasingly rely on my family for help with aspects such as getting around my home and I would not be able to participate in many of my favorite past times. Many aspects including the SP, my lab instructor, and my partner brought about my personal understanding and interpretation of Brandon’s scenario, in addition to allowing me to better my
I think that is why I was humbled because my situation could be worse. I became more and more appreciative and learned that my world wasn’t ending; my world was just changing. I learned that I had to adjust to change in order to position myself for future success. I had to see different perspectives and open myself up to new ideas. Also, I had to fully accept the fact that things were changing for me. I now realize that change is good sometimes because it introduces you to new opportunities and experiences. Instead of playing basketball 24/7, my injury gave me exposure to different interests that I would have never experienced before and will never
In particular, Engstroem et al (2011), with several themes cited corresponds with the findings of the current study. Such themes include, patient’s feeling helpless to manage their intake of food, their concern of health issues and their despair of attaining their ideal weight, along with the limitations they face in their day to day lives. Although, for the patients in Engstroem et al’s study, they viewed surgery as a negative. They saw being in hospital for surgery as a state of distress and underwent surgery as it was hinged on their future survival. Most participants in this study however were different, as they had already come to terms with the consequences of their current state before their choice to refer to surgery on their own accord. They obtained their surgery through a vigorous course by undertaking a lengthy selection process that entailed the evidence of information, agreement and willpower. For them, the surgery signified not hopelessness but restored hope (LePage, 2010; Wysoker, 2005) built on their own
One of the earliest players to bring awareness to brain traumas was Mike Webster, a former Pittsburgh Steeler. In April of 1999, he claimed to be disabled with the NFL Retirement Board. He also had dementia which was a result of the brutal hits he endured during his football career. Webster ran into many problems at the e...
It’s a Friday night. You've come to watch your child play in tonight’s big football rivalry game. Seconds remain on the clock when suddenly number fifty-four, your son, has been hit and is laying there lifeless. You don’t know sitting from the stands that your child is currently unconscious and has suffered a concussion. After a hospital trip, multiple doctor visits, seeing your son struggling with daily tasks, and the realization of how serious the situation really was, you think to yourself, “Was there more that could have been done to prevent what happened, and what more needs to be done afterwards?”
Struggling to maintain consciousness as well as retain my vision after embracing a brutal hit enforced from an opposing player really makes me question the seriousness of football related trauma. How many injuries does it take until it really matters? For me, after having experience with concussions, I came to the realization that the positive externalities of football do not make up for the numerous negative externalities. Football, as well as any other contact sport, can be very dangerous and potentially threatening to a persons overall health and future.
Taeshis, Lauren. “The Concussion Crisis.” Scholastic Choices. 1 Oct. 2012: 4. eLibrary. Web. 20 May 2014.
Recovering from an injury can indeed be a difficult process and athletes must wait for however long in able to play the sport again. During that duration of time, the idea of waiting and not performing can sometimes cause an athlete to feel angry, to be in denial, and
Throughout the course of my sixteen-year old life, I have experienced the unfortunate incident of taking a trip to the emergency room several times. The majority of them however were only for the typical injuries of an individual who shares in my liking for an adrenaline rush, and a lack of common sense. I never actually considered being seriously injured as a possible consequence of my actions. Of course, I have never tried to attempt any incredibly dangerous act without thinking it completely through. Nonetheless, previously I thought being alive could consistently be taken for granted, and as a result I never felt as thankful for living as I should have been. It was not until January 2009 that I truly was in a situation where I was in danger of losing my life, and ironically I had no responsibility in causing the incident.
My injury was an accident, but I viewed it as a failure. Not only have I believed I failed my team and parents, I thought I failed myself. I had a goal for myself and that was to bring a championship to the program. But for it to end so suddenly caused negativity to fly around in my head, constantly bringing me down. I let my “failure” affect me mentally and a result of that, I was
Physiotherapy is the study of the movement and function of the human anatomy and the relationship between the persons’ health and wellbeing (Dhrs.uct.ac.za, 2015). A physiotherapist’s speciality is treating “individuals across the life-span who have illness, injury or disability affecting the neuro-musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary, vascular, and neurological systems” (Ontario Physiotherapy Association, 2015:3). A physiotherapist’s main goal is for their patient to receive the highest level of independence by educating patients how to “prevent reoccurring injuries” that disrupt their daily routine (Ontario Physiotherapy Association, 2015:3). Physiotherapists would deal with “long term ailments” (Zweigenthal et al., 2009:235) that cannot simply be treated with the dosage of medication but with the dedication from both the physiotherapist and patient in the appointed interactive physical sessions, a treatment plan can be formulated to guarantee the most efficient road to