With multiple class actions by former AFL stars throwing a spotlight on concussion risks, ABC radio producer and former amateur footballer Mark Foreman knows the risks aren't limited to the top flight.
Mark Foreman suffered an on-field head injury while playing for the North Beach Football Club.abc.net.au/news/concussion-risk-hits-home-for-broadcaster-mark-foreman/102105790ABC radio producer Mark Foreman suffered a bleed on the brain and seven concussions while playing amateur football. The son of the late ABC Grandstand commentator Wally Foreman, Mark writes how the renewed spotlight on brain injuries in footy hits close to home.
I remember being helped off the field, but also thinking, "I've been playing well recently, I need to get back out there".It wasn't my first concussion. It was my seventh. So I knew what sort of things I needed to do to pass.Vision like a 'collapsing kaleidoscope'It was like a collapsing kaleidoscope, colourless and continually shrinking, until I fell to the ground and knew something was wrong.
I didn't know what this meant for me. Was I going to die? What does this mean for my life? What happens next? Recently, Professor Alan Pearce who is a neuroscientist and concussion researcher spoke on our program.
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