CI users * Sports

Correct.. and each and every sport you just described involves wearing head protection... In the sport I have played for extensive amount of time requires no protection to the head. To answer your question.. what I gain from informing other's about the possible risk's due to a sport I know is important to me than to have someone blindly think the sport inherits no risk whatsoever. Especially to one who has endured a surgery that is considerd an elective surgery. YOU DO NOT HAVE TO HAVE A CI!!..
 
Head protection while kayaking or rock-climbing?

I never see anyone wear helmets, other than white-water. :laugh2: You think it would be commonsense, but for some reason, the majority don't.
 
Really? Then you are observing people that are irresponsible to the risk's that could incure during these sports. Further more those sports are not an organized sport that has uniform policy to what u wear during play.
 
Like I said before there is a HUGE difference between COMPETITIVE soccer and rec soccer my grandfather is a REF and ACCESSOR and in his 35 years of playing and reffing etc he said these kinds of injuries rarely happen with rec leagues and mostly happen with PRO teams or SEMI pro or very competitive premiere teams
 
It can happen at any level of play. You cannot control what another player is going to anticipate during play. I was simply showing the risk's involved in this sport. I was not trying to deter people from trying the sport more so trying to inform them of the risk's involved. It can be a violent sport even at the high school level. I played in high school and in private league after my senior year. I personally have witnessed these accidents occuring. Irregardless we take risk's every day in our lives. BUT some can be prevented. I just wanted those who think its candyland out there on the field that is anything but.
 
:confused: of course every sports are dangerous. All I talk was bout CI users whose who can join any kind of sports, Nothing else.
 
Frisky Feline said:
:confused: of course every sports are dangerous. All I talk was bout CI users whose who can join any kind of sports, Nothing else.
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That was my original point. With a CI its a risk with playing this sport due to the chance of head injuries with no protection covering the area of which the implant is installed. Others took it as I was detering people from playing.
 
Deaffy said:
That was my original point. With a CI its a risk with playing this sport due to the chance of head injuries with no protection covering the area of which the implant is installed. Others took it as I was detering people from playing.
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thank you for sharing this with us what you think.
 
The risk is there whether a CI is involved or not: playing football, mma, roller derby, getting in a car, walking down the street ....

The only sports activity that CI manufacturers, surgeons, and researchers say a CI recipients should not do -- specifically for reasons relating to the cochlear implant -- is to dive below a depth of 25 meters (82 feet).

Any medical advice beyond that is valid, but unless it's based on some other medical complication involved with the specific patient, it's one knowledgable individual's risk assessment, what every one of us does when deciding whether or not to base jump, ski the black diamond trail on an icy day, or just plain get in the car and drive to work in the morning. Ask your doctor if there's a medical risk in your child playing football and the answer is most definitely yes. But that doesn't stop most people because they weigh the enjoyment of the sport in the balance against the high likelihood of injury. That's what people with CIs have to do, weigh in the position of that implant just under the skin at the side of the head along with likelihood of violence to that area among any other risk factors against the things that you can do to mitigate risks (helmets, training).

If my livelihood and or my measure of quality of life was tied up in deep sea diving, I likely wouldn't get a CI. But I'm not going to hold back my daughter from participation in ANY sports (other than deep sea diving) because of her CI, although I may hold her back because of general riskiness (I wouldn't want her to do football, ice hockey, kickboxing).
 
I got 3 friends that got CI. In UK they says anyone with CI can do any sports they want to do except there is limited to sea dive to how deep you can go. There no sport they can't do, some sport may need to wear head protection or helmet. UK is more relaxed with rules or at least the south part of UK are.
 
I would guess it is much cheaper to wear some type of helmet for any sporting activity especially by children. The cost of additional surgery/hospital care is not something to minimize.
I remember a few years ago a Toronto Blue Jays baseball player, a first baseman wear his batting helmet playing on the field. He had some type of "head trouble".

Advanced Bionics-Harmony Atria activated Aug/07
 
GrendelQ said:
The risk is there whether a CI is involved or not: playing football, mma, roller derby, getting in a car, walking down the street ....

The only sports activity that CI manufacturers, surgeons, and researchers say a CI recipients should not do -- specifically for reasons relating to the cochlear implant -- is to dive below a depth of 25 meters (82 feet).

Any medical advice beyond that is valid, but unless it's based on some other medical complication involved with the specific patient, it's one knowledgable individual's risk assessment, what every one of us does when deciding whether or not to base jump, ski the black diamond trail on an icy day, or just plain get in the car and drive to work in the morning. Ask your doctor if there's a medical risk in your child playing football and the answer is most definitely yes. But that doesn't stop most people because they weigh the enjoyment of the sport in the balance against the high likelihood of injury. That's what people with CIs have to do, weigh in the position of that implant just under the skin at the side of the head along with likelihood of violence to that area among any other risk factors against the things that you can do to mitigate risks (helmets, training).

If my livelihood and or my measure of quality of life was tied up in deep sea diving, I likely wouldn't get a CI. But I'm not going to hold back my daughter from participation in ANY sports (other than deep sea diving) because of her CI, although I may hold her back because of general riskiness (I wouldn't want her to do football, ice hockey, kickboxing).
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I haven't posted this in a while but thought it might be useful:

My daughter played basketball and field hockey on the varsity high school level and club field hockey in college. Her friends with cis have played the following sports on the college level: baseball, soccer, basketball, volleyball and lacrosse. I also know of kids who have played hockey and football on the high school level.

My daughter also skis and both my children wear helmets when skiing.

Hope this helps.
 
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