How We Can Help
Our Service
Our service offers tailored education and cognitive assessment specifically designed for women in sports, with a focus on contact sports. In the first instance, we offer an initial discussion with the club to work out your individual needs and to create a package based on your individual club. This can involve:
What Do We Offer?
- Bespoke educational programs for sports clubs, including athletes, coaches and training staff, aimed at raising awareness of the specific brain health needs of female athletes. Through interactive workshops and seminars, we equip clubs with the knowledge to foster a brain health focused environment for women in sport.
- Baseline cognitive assessments to evaluate the current cognitive function of female athletes, with a focus on factors that affect women’s brains, such as hormonal fluctuations, concussion history, and overall cognitive resilience.
- Ongoing cognitive monitoring, involving repeat cognitive assessments to monitor any long-term effects from repeated head impacts or other factors affecting brain function.
- Tailored recommendations, with individualised guidance for improving cognitive performance, managing recovery, and supporting overall brain health.
- Interventions, with plans for specific and tailored activities to support long-term brain health.
Education
Bespoke sessions providing knowledge on supporting brain health for women in sport, concussion risk reduction and guidance for injury recognition and recovery.
Assesment
Detailed cognitive assessments to investigate current cognitive function, identify a baseline of cognitive skills, and the option to look for cognitive changes over time.
Intervention
Indvidualised advice, strategies and lifestyle changes to maintain and improve cognitive function, aiming to promote long-term brain health and reduce the risk of cognitive decline.
Welcome to
BrainWaves
Brain Health for Women in Sport
We specialise in providing tailored education, assessment, and intervention to support brain health for women in contact sports. Our expert team of clinical psychologists and neuropsychologists is dedicated to helping managers, coaches, and athletes optimise cognitive wellness, ensuring that every player stays at their best—both on and off the field.