Tag: mma

In combat sports medicine, we rightly place enormous attention on concussions. Outside of a clear knockout, it’s important to be able to spot them and stop the fight in time, so that the fighter is not exposed to more concussions and other injuries. But there’s a piece of the conversation that often gets left out: mental health. As a sports psychiatrist, I’d argue that mental health is one of the most practical indicators we have of brain health. In combat sports, the two are tightly linked.