CONCUSSION AND POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME TEST Injury to the cervical spine is inevitable with a NZ concussion as it takes as little as 4.5g of force for a neck injury and 96g of force to sustain a concussion. BASELINE Between 1997 - 2019 ELIMINATING PREVENTABLE LONG TERM POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME IN SPORT concussions presented to emergency departments have increased threefold. Keen sports player? 35,000 per year 20 10 Estimated number of people in New Zealand who suffer from TBI (traumatic brain injury) every year. minutes steps CONCUSSIONS IN YOUTH get your free baseline test Children and adolescents are more susceptible to not only sustaining a concussion but also having a more prolonged outcome. ILT 25th+26th March Lower head to neck ratio Fri 9am-5pm Sat 9am-2pm Stadium The head is Southland 95% fully grown by age 12. .but the body is only 50% The Headache Clinic headacheclinic.co.nz fully grown. 0800 HEADACHE CONCUSSION AND POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME TEST Injury to the cervical spine is inevitable with a NZ concussion as it takes as little as 4.5g of force for a neck injury and 96g of force to sustain a concussion. BASELINE Between 1997 - 2019 ELIMINATING PREVENTABLE LONG TERM POST-CONCUSSION SYNDROME IN SPORT concussions presented to emergency departments have increased threefold. Keen sports player? 35,000 per year 20 10 Estimated number of people in New Zealand who suffer from TBI (traumatic brain injury) every year. minutes steps CONCUSSIONS IN YOUTH get your free baseline test Children and adolescents are more susceptible to not only sustaining a concussion but also having a more prolonged outcome. ILT 25th+26th March Lower head to neck ratio Fri 9am-5pm Sat 9am-2pm Stadium The head is Southland 95% fully grown by age 12. .but the body is only 50% The Headache Clinic headacheclinic.co.nz fully grown. 0800 HEADACHE