Overwhelming

How have concussions affected your life?: Suffered my first concussion back when I was in grade 10 (approximately 10 years ago) from a snowboarding accident and sustained even more in the following two years through playing rugby, ultimately leading to missed school, giving up contact sports, and managing prolonged symptoms even up to today.

Why do you want to advocate for concussion awareness?: I want to bring awareness to appropriate management and treatment, as well as ways to avoid sustaining concussions in the first place. I am currently working as an RMT in Ontario and am working on educating myself through continuing education courses on concussion treatment/management, so that I am more able to appropriately help support individuals who have suffered from concussions. It is a very personal passion given my personal experience with concussions and recovery.