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General Resources
- Sports Legacy Institute: Education, Research and Awareness
- Our recommended book list- here you can find some books that have inspired our community, some of which we own and can lend out
- Concussion Checklist
- Parachute: Concussion Education, with more resources.
- Return to Play (Parachute Canada)
- Return To School (CanChild and McMaster University)
- Balance Error Scoring System (BESS)
- ImPACT Baseline Concussion Test
- Pocket Concussion Recognition Tool
- SCAT 3 Sport Concussion Assessment Tool
- Child SCAT 3: for children aged 5 to 12
- St Joseph's Health Care and Fowler Kennedy Professional PCS Management Guidelines
- CIHR Mild Traumatic Brain Injury Research Funding
Montreal resources
If you are seeking treatment in the Montreal area, please take a look at some of these resources and specialists:
- Montreal Children's Hospital
- Axio Sports Medicine
- McGill Sports Medicine
- McGill University Health Centre
- Montreal Children's Hospital
- MCH Return to Sports Program
- MCH Concussion Kit
- Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital
- MUHC Research Institute
- MUHC Centre for Global Surgery
- Max Pacioretty Foundation
- Dr. David Mulder
- Dr. Scott Delaney- Dr. Delaney practices emergency medicine and sport medicine at McGill University Health Centre. He is the team physician for the Montreal Alouettes and the Department of Athletics at McGill University. His research includes concussions and neck injuries in both the emergency and athletic department populations.
- Ms. Debbie Friedman
- Dr. Isabelle Gagnon
- Dr. Alain Ptito- Dr. Ptito has explored new methods of using fMRI and MRI (Diffusion Tensor Imaging, voxel-based morphometry) for examining brain trauma, particularly among athletes. His results show that fMRI is sensitive enough to detect abnormal activation patterns in individuals who have suffered a concussion.
- Dr. Tarek Razek
- Dr. Dan Deckelbaum
- Dr. Ruth Russell
- Dr. Gabrielle Ostiguy- Can be found at the McGill Sports Medicine Clinic and Axio Clinic.
Specialty Clinics
- Athletic Edge Sports Medicine, Toronto, On (Dr Karen Johnston)
- Upper Canada Sports Medicine, Newmarket, On
- Shift Concussion Management’s Center of Excellence, Guelph, On. See their Post Injury Management Advice.
- Fowler Kennedy Sport Management Clinic, London, On
- Parkwood Hospital ABI Program, London, On
- Life Functional Neurology Centre, Marietta, Georgia
- Clinique TCNF, Saint-Jean-Port-Joli, QC
Other Organizations
- Love your brain, featuring yoga and a documentary about Kevin Pierce
Articles And Talks
Books
Online Recovery Tools
- The Recovery Game Called SuperBetter, explained in this TED Talk
- The Parkwood Pacing System
Background Science
- Concussions at a cell biology level
- Academic Papers Provided by the Concussion Legacy Foundation