Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time.Long before the post-mortem brain examinations of football legends Graham "Polly" Farmer and Danny Frawley, or the early retirements of AFL players like Liam Picken and Koby Stevens; before chronic traumatic encephalopathy was ever on the lips of the football world, Martyn Bain, a country footballer of modest ability, already suspected something was breaking in his mind.
Now 59 and living in the Barossa Valley, Mr Bain has pledged his brain to the Australian Sports Brain Bank so it can be studied upon his death for CTE, a degenerative brain disease found in people with histories of repetitive concussions or more mild subconcussive impacts.The discovery of CTE in the brains of Farmer and Frawley this year rocked the AFL. Several modern-day players have already retired or are in career limbo from the effects of head trauma.
The AFL has distributed concussion guides to amateur leagues and clubs. But safe implementation depends on who is applying the advice. It also relies on the honesty of players who, in the macho culture of local football, can often downplay symptoms, Professor Pearce said."There's a directive from Concussion in Sport Australia where only a medical doctor can diagnose a concussion.
"Country footy is way behind. There's this attitude of you'll be right, get back on the field. And there's a lot of money in country footy now. "But if we look at some of the evidence from America we do see young people who have passed away with CTE in post-mortem. That doesn’t mean CTE was a mechanism for their early deaths, it’s just that they found that pathology in the brain."Natalie Foley, a healthcare planner who helps amateur sportspeople find services to treat their head injuries, said she worked with young people unable to work or study for weeks or months as a result of a single concussion.
Ms Foley said she had received a surge in referrals for long-retired men since CTE began hitting front pages and talkback radio. Close to half her clients came from amateur footy backgrounds.Professor Pearce stressed he did not want to deter people from the game. Most people played long careers without serious or repetitive head trauma and benefited greatly from the exercise and camaraderie.
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