Sports Related Concussion - Dr Andrew Lavender Gallery

The term 'concussion' that is used in sports has a tendency to play down the injury - which is essentially a mild traumatic brain injury that affects brain function.

Over the years, research in this area has changed how we should approach the management of the injury.

While newer findings have been embraced at the elite sports level and applied to injury management, awareness has not yet filtered down to community level sports, which also involves junior players.

Dr Lavender says education is important as mismanagement can have lifelong effects.