Sports Neuropsychology Clinic

the sports neuropsychology clinic provides a tailored service to athletes participating in sports that could place them at risk of experiencing changes in their brain. we provide consultation to the wider network of professionals including teams and regulatory bodies around an athlete, to facilitate prevention and promote safe practice within sport, whilst empowering athletes to excel. athletes participating in contact sports, most notably boxing and rugby, are vulnerable to changes in their brain as a result of not only obvious head traumas, but also concussions and single or multiple sub-concussive blows to the head. the results of this can be widespread and have been linked to the emergence of later neurological, neurodegenerative and neuropsychiatric disorders, including dementias and motor disorders. whether an athlete's difficulties originate from psychological (emotional) or neuropsychological (brain) changes, there can be an effect on cognition (thinking skills) e.g. memory