Nutrition Interventions for the Prevention & Treatment of Sports Related Concussion

Course overview

Sports Related Concussions (SRCs) impact a wide variety of athletes and have many factors to their recovery. For this complex condition featuring a neurometabolic cascade of events, nutrition plays an integral role. In this course we will focus on the nutrition practices which can best optimize both prevention as well as recovery for SRCs. Topics impacting neurological resilience and performance such as energy balance, omega-3 index and supplementation, other pertinent nutrition supplements as well as hydration will be reviewed in relation to this complex condition.