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Concussion, CTE, and the Mental Health of Athletes | Dr David Hughes, AIS Chief Medical Officer
In this episode of The R4R Podcast: Road to Zero, Ben sits down with Dr David Hughes, Chief Medical Officer at the Australian Institute of Sport and an advisor to Running for Resilience.
Ben shares his own experiences of concussion, losing a teammate, and the things he believes sport could do better to help people find their feet after retirement.
From there, we talk about the AIS’s new lifelong brain health guidelines, what we know about concussion and CTE, what we’re still learning, and the practical things we can do to look after ourselves.
We talk about:
Understanding cognitive reserve…
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