CI users * Sports

Deaffy said:
Did you watch any of the world cup this year? It is a full contact sport in which players are competeing for ball control. When the ball goes up in the air two players or more are competeing to get the ball.. which requires no hands. so they use their heads to acieve this. In some cases the players heads to clash and its very possible to smack the side of the head where the implant is located. It's also possible to have a ball kicked very hard and smack the side of the head and do some serious damage. I was contemplating getting back into the sport but now with my CI its just not worth the risk due to all the injurys I have witnessed over my 11 years of playing.
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Yeah, I watched all but 2 or 3 of the World Cup games. But we are talking high school sports, not professional. And like I said, I am just telling you what the reasoning of the physicians that were recommending the kids not play football were. Your disagreement is with them.
 
Correct. I am in disagreement with them due to the many concussion's I witnessed. Even so at the highschool level its still quite a violent sport. Im amazed that they consider it less risky due to the fact that in football headgear is provided and can withstand a very violent blow as opposed to the same type of violent blow without headgear in a sport thayt requires you to use your head for control... I myself wouldnt put myself or my child in that position knowing what I know and have seen.
 
jillio said:
My son's school stopped having a football team because so many of the kids were getting implants and it was recommended that they not play. They had soccer and basketball, instead, as these are less contact.
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I think the same thing just happened with Phoenix Day School for the Deaf's football program. Too many children with CIs so they cut the football program. That's the word I heard...dunno if it is true.
 
Wear bike helmet at roller derby?

At Deaf school where 60% of the kids are CI users, they still play hockey, football, dodgeball, cricket, rounders.
 
overthepond said:
Wear bike helmet at roller derby?

At Deaf school where 60% of the kids are CI users, they still play hockey, football, dodgeball, cricket, rounders.
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My friend told her surgeon about the helmet. Surgeon still does not want her to join with roller derby.
 
jillio said:
So you consider that to be everyday, run of the mill activity? "No biggie...its just another surgery!" And there are many variable that need to be considered with re-implantation.
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I was saying that a "repair" was not some strange complicated procedure. It is a explant and reimplantation. I have fully accepted that it is a fact that my daughter will need to be reimplanted in her lifetime. The CI is a electronic device, at some point it will break, that is the nature of man made things.
 
Frisky Feline said:
My friend told her surgeon about the helmet. Surgeon still does not want her to join with roller derby.
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Umm.. he's probably being over cautious but as you say, we cannot take the risk. Would the Roller derby be like ice skating?? there is many CI users doing Ice hockey.
I knew the consquences when I chose the CI path and took every precautions possible to protect me and the CI. I am more cautious of what I am doing/going to do.
 
I think it's a matter of what YOU think is safe for you...I don't believe soccer at high school level is that bad..its not THAT competitive...unless you are getting into really competitive soccer the most that can happen *usually* is sprained/broken ankles...i played soccer as well and unless you are on a premiere team then concussions don't really happen often ..and If you are doing a header properly than there is no reason why someone should get a concussion
 
I definitely see the attraction: Roller Derby: IMDb Video: Whip It but ... I'll be steering my little one away from being thrown violently into the boards, which looks like standard operating procedure in roller derby. And the CI isn't the reason, I'd do it no matter what :)
 
AliciaM said:
I think it's a matter of what YOU think is safe for you...I don't believe soccer at high school level is that bad..its not THAT competitive...unless you are getting into really competitive soccer the most that can happen *usually* is sprained/broken ankles...i played soccer as well and unless you are on a premiere team then concussions don't really happen often ..and If you are doing a header properly than there is no reason why someone should get a concussion
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Agreed. Saw a lot of pulled muscles and sprained ankles and knees while my son was playing soccer. Not a single concussion, though.
 
faire_jour said:
I was saying that a "repair" was not some strange complicated procedure. It is a explant and reimplantation. I have fully accepted that it is a fact that my daughter will need to be reimplanted in her lifetime. The CI is a electronic device, at some point it will break, that is the nature of man made things.
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Each subsequent surgery is more complicated than the initial surgery.
 
shel90 said:
I think the same thing just happened with Phoenix Day School for the Deaf's football program. Too many children with CIs so they cut the football program. That's the word I heard...dunno if it is true.
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It is a matter of liability for the school.
 
jillio said:
Agreed. Saw a lot of pulled muscles and sprained ankles and knees while my son was playing soccer. Not a single concussion, though.
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Worth the risk to me? no!!
 
Deaffy, it may not be worth the risk to YOU... but I had have been playing soccer and rugby for awhile. I may not have a CI, but you're grossly over-imposing your authority here. The games I played is nowhere near the same competitive level as the World Cup, or any of the professional leagues.

You have to ask yourself, what do you have to gain in trying to convince people that professional sports is hazardous? We're not talking about petty politics or trying to influence people's votes, but rather people's day to day recreation. I wouldn't recommend rugby to anyone, but I can't stop them from participating in the sports if they want to.

So what do you have to gain, personally, from telling people that soccer shouldn't be played? Think about that for a few minutes.
 
Wow! your kidding right? Im simply showing that these things CAN AND DO happen. Irregardless of wether its professional or not, your head is un protected and vunerable to these types of injury's. In sports there's no room for ignorance.
 
Every sports have an inherited risk of hitting your head. Kayaking? You might wipe out in a surf and hit your head on the rocks. Rock climbing? You might have pebbles that fall off the cliff above you, and suffer a concussion (this has happened to a cousin.) Biking? You might wipe out one day on the pavement when you lose your balance. Jogging? You might slip on a damp rock on an otherwise dry day. Hell, you might as well never get out of bed since you can trip and fall and hit your head on the kitchen counter. I know it's all about minimalizing risks, but we don't live in plastic bubbles; it lends itself to a very dull life. It's all about knowing our limits and being comfortable with those limits and their consequences.

So I ask again, what do you have to gain from telling people about something they already know?
 
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