Concussion in Community Sport
You may have seen in the news that the Australian Institute of Sport, in collaboration with the Australasian College of Sport and Exercise Physicians, Sports Medicine Australia, and the Australian Physiotherapy Association, has released new concussion guidelines for youth and community sports. What is a concussion? Concussions can occur with any sport or physical activity and are characterised as a blow to the head that causes changes to the head and brain and how it responds to emotional, physical, memory,…