PRACTITIONER TRAINING
Go Beyond the Brain in Concussion Recovery...
My mission is clear: to equip practitioners to recognise the systemic injury, ask the right questions, and treat with evidence-based, whole-person care that propels recovery forward. That's why I created Beyond the Brain, a six-session training designed to bridge the gap between the latest research and the clinic floor. We're changing the game when it comes to concussion care.
Limited Places · Begins 19 August · Six live sessions on Zoom · Recordings within 24 hours
6 Live sessions, resources, clinical pearls, case studies & more
A clinically grounded, mechanism-led training in the full systemic physiology of concussion, and how to support recovery in ways beyon standard approach has never reached. Built for clinical practice, for the clients who come to you with a concussion, and the many more carrying one in their history they never thought to mention.
Limited Places · Begins 19 August 2026 · Six live sessions on Zoom · Recordings within 24 hours
We Believe Concussion Recovery goes Beyond the Brain
this training is for you if:
You're a naturopath, nutritionist, or allied health practitioner.
You've worked with someone whose progress stalled, and couldn't quite see why.
You suspect the right questions might surface a concussion no one's connected.
You want the mechanisms, and the clinically relevant tools to help the individual in front of you.
You want to be ahead of the game in concussion care
This is a shift in what concussion care can be, and what you can offer the people who come to you.
here's where we are going:
Go further than manual therapy and rehab alone can take a recovery.
Reach the parts of recovery that have typically gone untapped.
Uncover how past head impacts are feeding complex, stubborn presentations.
Find what's keeping a recovery stuck, and actually shift it.
Work from clear, evidence-based treatment approaches.
Be part of actively changing people's current and future health, for the better.
Introducing:
Beyond the Brain: Systemic Concussion Recovery
Training for Practitioners
Six live sessions that move from what a concussion actually is, through the neurometabolic cascade, and into the systemic drivers that keep a recovery stuck: inflammation that won't resolve, a gut and brain that have both become leaky, an energy system running on empty, and a stress and hormonal axis stuck on alert. Grounded in real case studies, and framed around where naturopathic and nutritional work sits alongside medical and manual care. Plus resources, clinical prescribing guides, and more.
Here's what we'll cover
Session 1
Concussion through a systemic lens
What a concussion actually is, and why the injury reaches far beyond the brain. The neurometabolic cascade, and the physiology that extends throughout the body.
Session 2
Neuroinflammation
Microglia, glial priming, and the inflammatory loop that won't switch off. Why it drives the fog, the mood and the fatigue, and why rest alone doesn't resolve it.
Session 3
The gut-brain connection in concussion
Leaky gut and leaky brain together, the microbiome someone walked in with, and how this keeps driving neuroinflammation and symptoms.
Session 4
Testing, treatment, and the foundations that move recovery
What to test and how to read it, plus the dietary, lifestyle and foundational strategies that genuinely shift a concussion recovery.
Session 5
Systemic inflammation, and the "never better since"
How a concussion shows up as everything but a concussion: histamine reactions, hormonal changes, liver and detoxification load, and the lingering presentations that get filed as unrelated.
Session 6
Putting it all together
Case studies from real practice, building an individualised recovery approach, and collaborating well within your scope, from risk mitigation through to long-term recovery.
"Nothing is random, and everything is connected"
~ Louise Cork
Weekly Guided Practice
Between our live sessions, you’ll receive carefully curated audio practices designed to nourish your nervous system, anchor your awareness, and help you return to your body — gently, in your own time.
These practices are short and intentionally simple — around 5 to 15 minutes — so they can fit into your real, imperfect life. Whether you’re sitting with your morning tea, stepping out for a walk, or winding down before bed, these moments are there to meet you where you are.
Who is this training for?
This training is perfect for you if…
You see concussion clients already, you just might not know it yet, because so few people connect their symptoms back to an old head impact.
You've worked with someone whose progress stalled, and couldn't quite see why.
You're tired of "we need more research," when so much already exists, it just hasn't been pieced together through a systemic, naturopathic lens before.
You want to be at the forefront of actually improving outcomes, not waiting years for permission to act.
You know the stakes are real, you're done watching from the sidelines: unresolved head trauma is costing people their health, their futures, and in too many cases their lives.
You want the mechanisms, and the clinically relevant tools to help the individual in front of you.
Meet Louise
I'm Louise Cork, a clinical naturopath working in concussion and post-concussion recovery. Too many people are left in the post-concussion space without answers, told to rest and wait, when that advice has long stopped helping them. I work with the whole person and the full reach of the injury, because there is almost always more that can be done to support healing than people are offered. That's the work, and it's what I want every practitioner and every patient to know is possible.
Frequently Asked Questions
Is this only for Naturopaths?
This training is for all health practitioners
Do I need a neuroscience background to keep up?
Not at all. All material is presented in easy to understand, clinical language and is built for practitioners to be able to apply immediately within their practice scope.
Will I get CPD/CPE points?
You'll receive a certificate for CPE on completion
When does it start?
First session is on Wednesday the 19th of August
When are the sessions and will there be a recording?
All sessions will be recorded and recordings will be sent out within 24 hours. The 2026 sessions will be held on Wednesdays from 12noon - allow 60min with an optional additional 30min for discussion.
- 19th August
- 9th September
- 30th September
- 21st October
- 4th November
- 25th November
