How HRV, a popular smartwatch stat, can help maximise your workout
As the popularity of smartwatches, also called wearables, increases, so too does the amount of data users can access about…
Former NRL star battling mood swings, memory loss joins call for mandatory concussion training
Watching PJ Marsh full of pride as he passes a football with his teenage sons, it’s hard to believe he…
‘My diary … is my best friend’: League great Wally Lewis urges politicians to put CTE funding in budget
In short: Researchers and brain injury experts have lodged a pre-budget submission calling for funding to fight chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).…
‘Concussion culture needs to change’: Mum calls for more education after death of 20yo footballer
A mother who was forced to say goodbye to her 20-year-old son after a fatal on-field collision during a football…
AFL player Shane Tuck ‘pushed through hell’, his sister tells inquest
Former AFL player Shane Tuck’s final days were akin to a war zone in his head. His brain was decaying from…
Steve needed to get fit before brain surgery to treat his epilepsy. Now he’s running half marathons
A feeling of anxiety, the taste of metal and then the strongest deja vu — that’s how Warrnambool primary school teacher Steve…
Wife of AFL legend Danny Frawley says ignoring concussion risks will ‘hurt the game more’
In 2019, Anita Frawley was at her lowest ebb. Her husband Danny Frawley, a successful Melbourne media identity and legendary…
Former football player pledges to donate brain to science due to head trauma concerns
Former football great Austin Robertson Jnr is convinced he now suffers from chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) as a result of…
AFL player’s widow says league needs to act quickly on concussion-related condition
The wife of late AFL player Danny Frawley has urged the league to “act now” to prevent the neurodegenerative disease chronic traumatic…
AFL, NRL accused of being ‘more concerned with legality than player health’ at concussion inquiry
Australia’s major sporting codes are more concerned with legal liability arising from concussions than the health of players sustaining them,…