The Gut-Brain Connection: The Missing Piece in Concussion Care
A free live webinar on why concussion and post-concussion symptoms persist long after the scan comes back clear, and what actually helps. For the people living with it, and the practitioners and clubs who support them.
Thursday, June 25
7 PM AEST
Live online, about 40 minutes including Q&A. Free.
What You'll Discover
In this free masterclass you'll learn:
✔ Why symptoms persist even after every standard protocol has been followed to the letter
✔ The whole-body, individualised approach that gets to what actually kept those symptoms running, not just what set them off
✔ How to work out who belongs on a concussion recovery team, whether you are building your own or deciding who to refer a client to
Does this sound like you, your players or the people you treat?
Many people with ongoing concussion symptoms have been quietly carrying questions like these, often for months or years:
Still getting headaches, fog or fatigue half a year later, even though the scan was completely clear
A gut that has not been right since the injury, and nobody has connected those two things
Anxiety or low mood that feels like it came from nowhere
Good days and bad days, with no way to predict which one you will get
Being told that by now, you really should be fine
If any of that lands, you are in the right place. None of it is random, everything is connected.
The standard protocols were never built to reach the full picture. Rest, dark rooms and waiting it out do nothing for the neuroinflammation, the disrupted gut, the energy crisis happening at the cellular level, or the stress response that is still switched on months later.
That is the gap.
This webinar walks through what is actually going on in the body after a concussion, and where clinical naturopathy fits alongside medical and manual therapies, not in place of it, to lift outcomes through an evidence-informed, gut-led approach.
What You’ll Learn In This Training
During this 30 Minute (plus 10min Q & A), you’ll discover:
The 5 key aspects of Concussion injuries that are most often left untreated
Why 'just rest and wait' often makes Post-Concussion worse
Why symptoms come and go
How Clinical Naturopathy helps resolve the physiological cascade of Concussion injuries
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Allied health professionals GPs, physios, chiros, osteopaths, exercise physiologists and OTs. You are already seeing concussion patients whose symptoms have not settled the way the protocol predicted. This shows you the systemic picture sitting underneath, so you know what to look for and when a referral is worth making.
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Naturopaths You almost certainly have concussion clients already, often in for the gut, the hormones or the burnout, with the head injury never mentioned. This gives you the framework to recognise it and the gut-brain lens to work with it, instead of piecing it together from scratch the way I had to.
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Sporting clubs Coaches, welfare staff and high performance teams. Your players take knocks, and a return-to-play clearance is not the same as recovered. This is the part of player welfare and long-term performance that return-to-play protocols do not reach.
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People living with concussion or post-concussion syndrome If you have been told you should be better by now and you are not, this explains why, in plain language, and what can actually be done about it. Parents coming along on behalf of a concussed teenager are very welcome.
About your host:
Meet Louise Cork - Clinical Naturopath AKA The Concussion Naturopath
I work with people recovering from concussion and post-concussion syndrome, and with the practitioners who treat them, to make sense of the whole physiological cascade a head injury sets off, so they can stop managing symptoms and start actually recovering. My approach is whole-body and gut-brain led, individualised and grounded in the latest research.
The short version of how I treat is this: heal the gut, heal the brain. The longer version is what this webinar is for.
Free Online WEBINAR
The Gut-Brain Connection: The Missing Piece in Concussion Care
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Frequently Asked Questions
Is this for Practitioners or for people living with concussion?
Both. The science of why concussion becomes chronic is the same whether you are living it or treating it. The webinar explains the mechanisms and what targeted support looks like, in language that works for a clinician and a non-clinician at the same time.
Is it actually free?
Yes. Free to attend live.
How long is the webinar?
About 40 minutes, including time for questions at the end.
Is the gut-brain connection actually supported by research?
Yes. The two-way disruption between the gut and the brain after a head injury, including increased gut permeability and a shifted microbiome, is well documented. A recent review covers it in detail: Lin D, et al. Traumatic brain injury and gut microbiome. Curr Neurol Neurosci Rep. 2025;25(1):23. doi:10.1007/s11910-025-01410-0.
Will you tell me which supplements to take?
No. This is education, not a prescription. Specific supplements, doses and protocols depend entirely on the individual, which is what a one-to-one consultation is for. The webinar gives you an understanding of all the things involved in a concussion injury.
Do I need a GP referral to work with you afterwards?
No referral needed. If you want personalised support after the webinar, you can book a consultation directly.
