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Concussion and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) can cause a number of debilitating conditions with few treatment options.

GMIT is to host a ‘Heads Up!’ Sports Concussion free conference for sports coaches, players, parents, PE teachers and anyone interested in sport who wishes to learn more about concussion injuries, their prevalence and management measures.

Concussion and traumatic brain injuries (TBI) can cause a number of debilitating conditions with few treatment options. Fortunately, hyperbaric oxygenation has helped many people with concussions and should be included in the concussion treatment guidelines.

Brian Lynch, a solicitor practicing in Galway met people using hyperbaric oxygenation for concussion injury while having his 57 daily sessions in Dublin. “It’s also used for other neurological tissue injury such as in dementia, carbon monoxide poisoning, cancer radiation tissue injury and brain damage due to drug overdose” said Mr Lynch.

Connacht Rugby have lost another player to concussion with news this week that Ben Marshall is retiring immediately.

Brain injury specialists, Acquired Brain Injury Ireland (ABI Ireland), have developed and launched a concussion application for smartphones with the support of Medtronic, one of the world’s largest medical technology, services, and solutions companies.

Dr Michael O’Brien from Harvard Medical School and Boston Children’s Hospital will deliver a talk on concussion and its management in sport at Athlone Institute of Technology (AIT) on November 12.

PERFECT CONCUSSION (Watching You Dance) is the title of a new multi-media show which opens in the Galway Arts Centre tomorrow.