@article{ref1,
title="In-between the ears: how concussion reshaped my life",
journal="British journal of sports medicine",
year="2020",
author="Luff, Christopher",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="e2019-101848",
abstract="Life was good, playing football, going out with friends and working as a boilermaker! Even after my first two concussions this pattern continued; I had no idea what was ahead.   My first concussion was in 2012 playing football. I took a big hit, was disorientated and confused, but recovered quickly. I went out drinking with friends the next day and played, symptom free, the following week. A year later I was involved in a scuffle while intoxicated outside a club. I received a blow to the back of the head, vomited for the next 48 hours and had headaches for a week. My symptoms then resolved and I thought no more of them.   Four years later, I was sling-tackled during a game. Unable to brace, my head slapped the ground. I played on, but postgame felt confused, unsteady and like an outsider watching in on what was happening around me. On this occasion my symptoms persisted. One week later, I still did not feel 'quite right' and I sat out for 6 weeks due to visual disturbance, light hypersensitivity, headaches and disturbed mood.   After 6 weeks on the bench I was desperate to return to football. I convinced myself that I was well and reported to the medical team that I was asymptomatic; …<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0306-3674",
doi="10.1136/bjsports-2019-101848",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bjsports-2019-101848"
}