Concussions have quickly become a nationwide concern. The Shift Concussion Management Program provides an advanced approach to concussion awareness and management, guiding injured athletes and non-athletes to a safe return to both sport participation and daily life activities. It is well established that concussions tend to go under-reported in youth sports, and this stems, in part, from a lack of knowledge of both the signs and symptoms of a concussion and the proper recognition and management of the injury. The Athletico Concussion Management program emphasizes a continuum of care from education and baseline testing to injury management and return-to-play or activities of daily living.

It is important for the clinician to be able to effectively identify physical signs of a concussive injury to the brain and manage these symptoms quickly and effectively. Concussions can be a result of a sports injury or car accident and are more common then we have thought. A patient with concussion-related deficits post 3 months of trauma are diagnosed as having "Post-Concussion Syndrome". Some signs of PCS can be a combination of:

• Headache
• Pressure in Head
• Neck Pain
• Nausea or Vomiting
• Dizziness
• Blurred Vision
• Balance Problems
• Sensitivity to Noise
• Feeling Slowed Down
• Feeling like ‘Being in a Fog”
• Melaise (“Don’t Feel Right”)
• Difficulty Concetrating
• Difficulty Remembering
• Fatigue or Low Energy
• Confusion
• Drowsiness
• Trouble Falling Asleep
• More Emotional
• Irritability
• Sadness
• Nervous or Anxious

Athletico physiotherapists with their Years of Education and Experience in Sports Injury Management are very well placed to provide you with solutions for your condition and get you back to the things you love to do... Faster!