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How should Australian football approach concussion in women – ABC News

Concussion kept Natasha Prior on the sidelines for a year. She hopes new research that shows women respond differently to concussion brings an adjustment to return-to-play…

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W-League defender Natasha Prior doesn’t remember the moment it happened. She can’t recall the elbow to the head, hitting the turf, or the several minutes of waiting before she was stretchered off in a neck brace. 

  • New research suggests women are impacted by concussions differently to men
  • Natasha Prior retired from the W-League in 2018 after suffering multiple concussions, but returned this year
  • Prior said she will donate her brain to help improve research into head injuries

Her memory is patchy, slippery…

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