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ABC News
21-07-2025
- Health
- ABC News
Bendigo concussion clinic booked out as patients travel 200km for treatment
On bad afternoons for a few months last year, 24-year-old concussion victim Jeremy Rodi would forget how he had spent the day. Constant migraines, nausea and fatigue made it one of the most terrifying periods of his life, and he became anxious about his future. "My close family was quite scared. It was just so uncertain how I was going to wake up feeling," Mr Rodi said. "Am I [going to be] able to do the normal things that parents do with their kids? Mr Rodi is aware of six concussions he suffered while playing football, including as a talented junior footballer who went through Victoria's elite under-18 competition. He said he had "no idea" some of the blows would have such a big impact on him in his treatment, Mr Rodi saw a specialist in Melbourne. Now, a concussion clinic has opened in the regional city where he lives, Bendigo, and appointments are booked out. The AFL has faced a reckoning over its concussion management since former players suffering the long-term effects of concussion launched a class action. It introduced policies for players and clubs at elite and local levels after a series of high-profile cases of former players with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE), a degenerative brain disease caused by repeated head injuries. As awareness of concussion grows, so too does demand for treatment in regional areas. Daniel Hamilton is a sports physiologist and physiotherapist who opened a dedicated concussion clinic in Bendigo in February, the first of its kind in Victoria outside of Melbourne and Geelong. "People are probably travelling between 100 and 200 kilometres," Mr Hamilton said. Mr Hamilton said most of his patients had suffered head knocks during weekend community football. And even though Australian football is the leading cause of sport-related concussion in Victoria, he said many local club officials were not aware of the education resources available. "That's half the battle," Mr Hamilton said. Mr Rodi agreed there was not enough concussion awareness at a local sporting level. "If you get hit in the head and you're not feeling right, you need to come off and we need to assess you," he said. It is estimated that more than 100,000 sports concussions occur each year in Australia, most unreported, according to AIS Sports Concussion Guidelines analysis. Mr Hamilton said he hoped his outreach educational programs on concussion with local clubs would broaden awareness on how to manage head knocks. "We need to go through the right protocol and the right rehabilitation," he said. "Things like change of work, change of school [and] lifestyle modification can make a big difference to minimising the risk of getting those symptoms that last for six to eight to 12 weeks. AFL Victoria advises clubs to use the HeadCheck App, an evidence-based phone application that helps identify concussions. "Anything that can guide people without the medical knowledge or background is beneficial at the moment," Mr Hamilton said. However, neuroscience academic Alan Pearce said the management and understanding of concussion in sport should not be based on a phone app. "One of the things about concussion is that it's a medical diagnosis and no-one else other than a medical doctor can diagnose a concussion," he said. "What clubs really should be doing is more than just rely on an app. "Community clubs around Victoria and Australia really need to be developing relationships with their local concussion clinics and doctors in order to be able to look after their players properly." There is one concussion per 20 players each season in community football, according to the AFL. But Dr Pearce said he believed the actual figure was six to 10 times higher. "Many physios and osteos and doctors don't really know what to do," he said. AFL Victoria has been contacted for comment.
Yahoo
14-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Opinion - Trump uses US trade leverage to help working Americans
Recent tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and Colombia are not trade wars. They are a response to political issues — illegal immigration, Fentanyl, cartels and crime. The Trump administration is showing it will use trade as leverage to advance domestic policy goals. So far, it is working: Colombia and Mexico yielded to President Trump's demands after the president threatened them with tariffs. The tension between the European Union and the U.S., however, is about trade — and a lot of it. As Daniel Hamilton from Brookings writes, U.S.-EU trade in goods and services is nearly twice that of U.S.-China. On top of that, revenues from U.S.-EU foreign affiliates — American and European-controlled companies operating abroad — are three times that of U.S.-Canada-Mexico foreign affiliate sales and many multiples greater than U.S.-China investment, which is subject to significant restrictions from Washington and Beijing. The current trade relationship with Europe is badly broken and ordinary Americans are paying the price. More than a decade ago, the Obama administration trade representative declared that the EU's trade policies harm 'U.S. farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, workers, and their families.' It's only gotten worse. The EU's increasingly hostile environmental, social and governance or ESG agenda has added U.S. oil and gas workers to the list of middle-income wage-earners bearing the brunt of the EU's policies. European tariffs on U.S.-made cars are four times what the U.S. places on European auto exports. The EU charges higher levies on food, beverages and other agricultural products. And On top of that, the European Union countries impose a 21.6 percent value added tax on goods and services, meaning that American products sold in Europe are frequently taxed at 30 percent or more. President Trump has called the EU's trade policies an 'atrocity.' This week, he announced that the U.S. would pursue 'recipropcal' trade. It's a common-sense policy: American-made products sold in Europe should be taxed the same as European-made products sold here. But the Trump administration needs to do more on EU trade. It's a travesty that Europe still imports record amounts of natural gas from Russia. Trump's order lifting the Biden administration's Putin-enabling ban on new liquefied natural gas export permits is a move in the right direction. Trump's energy advisors should be calling on their European counterparts to attend a multilateral energy summit in Houston that includes a tour of LNG terminals. Strong transatlantic energy diplomacy is also good domestic policy. A December 2024 S&P Global study co-authored by Pulitzer-Prize winning energy analyst Daniel Yergin projects that increased LNG exports would support nearly 500,000 high-quality domestic jobs — many in blue-collar sectors such as construction and manufacturing that have been on the losing end of what Chapman University's Joel Kotkin has dubbed as ESG's 'war on the working class' Since 2000, real disposable income per capita has increased twice as much in the U.S. as in Europe. Fortunately, Europe looks like it's sobering up from the regulatory bender that's behind the continent's productivity crisis. The EU has unveiled a new policy roadmap titled the 'Competitiveness Compass' to provide air-cover for a rollback of some of the bloc's most aggressive measures. This includes the EU's climate disclosure rules, part of the European Green Deal, which require U.S. companies doing business in the EU to audit their supply chain to align with global climate targets. Trump should affirm Brussels' openness to change and call for broad deregulation across the European market, even as his administration freezes green energy subsidies at home. The Biden's administration's corporate welfare giveaways for renewable businesses were painful for lower-income Americans, who were left with skyrocketing electricity bills and a flat-lined jobs market. Given Europe's reliance on U.S. exports, Trump is smart to use trade as leverage. But the end policy goal should not be protectionism. Trade reciprocity, energy realism and regulatory relief on both sides of the Atlantic will do more to help working Americans. Michael Toth is a resident fellow at the Foundation on Equal Opportunity and a founding partner of PNT Law based in Austin, Texas. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
The Hill
14-02-2025
- Business
- The Hill
Trump uses US trade leverage to help working Americans
Recent tariffs on goods from Mexico, Canada and Colombia are not trade wars. They are a response to political issues — illegal immigration, Fentanyl, cartels and crime. The Trump administration is showing it will use trade as leverage to advance domestic policy goals. So far, it is working: Colombia and Mexico yielded to President Trump's demands after the president threatened them with tariffs. The tension between the European Union and the U.S., however, is about trade — and a lot of it. As Daniel Hamilton from Brookings writes, U.S.-EU trade in goods and services is nearly twice that of U.S.-China. On top of that, revenues from U.S.-EU foreign affiliates — American and European-controlled companies operating abroad — are three times that of U.S.-Canada-Mexico foreign affiliate sales and many multiples greater than U.S.-China investment, which is subject to significant restrictions from Washington and Beijing. The current trade relationship with Europe is badly broken and ordinary Americans are paying the price. More than a decade ago, the Obama administration trade representative declared that the EU's trade policies harm 'U.S. farmers, ranchers, manufacturers, workers, and their families.' It's only gotten worse. The EU's increasingly hostile environmental, social and governance or ESG agenda has added U.S. oil and gas workers to the list of middle-income wage-earners bearing the brunt of the EU's policies. European tariffs on U.S.-made cars are four times what the U.S. places on European auto exports. The EU charges higher levies on food, beverages and other agricultural products. And On top of that, the European Union countries impose a 21.6 percent value added tax on goods and services, meaning that American products sold in Europe are frequently taxed at 30 percent or more. President Trump has called the EU's trade policies an ' atrocity.' This week, he announced that the U.S. would pursue ' recipropcal ' trade. It's a common-sense policy: American-made products sold in Europe should be taxed the same as European-made products sold here. But the Trump administration needs to do more on EU trade. It's a travesty that Europe still imports record amounts of natural gas from Russia. Trump's order lifting the Biden administration's Putin-enabling ban on new liquefied natural gas export permits is a move in the right direction. Trump's energy advisors should be calling on their European counterparts to attend a multilateral energy summit in Houston that includes a tour of LNG terminals. Strong transatlantic energy diplomacy is also good domestic policy. A December 2024 S&P Global study co-authored by Pulitzer-Prize winning energy analyst Daniel Yergin projects that increased LNG exports would support nearly 500,000 high-quality domestic jobs — many in blue-collar sectors such as construction and manufacturing that have been on the losing end of what Chapman University's Joel Kotkin has dubbed as ESG's 'war on the working class' Since 2000, real disposable income per capita has increased twice as much in the U.S. as in Europe. Fortunately, Europe looks like it's sobering up from the regulatory bender that's behind the continent's productivity crisis. The EU has unveiled a new policy roadmap titled the 'Competitiveness Compass' to provide air-cover for a rollback of some of the bloc's most aggressive measures. This includes the EU's climate disclosure rules, part of the European Green Deal, which require U.S. companies doing business in the EU to audit their supply chain to align with global climate targets. Trump should affirm Brussels' openness to change and call for broad deregulation across the European market, even as his administration freezes green energy subsidies at home. The Biden's administration's corporate welfare giveaways for renewable businesses were painful for lower-income Americans, who were left with skyrocketing electricity bills and a flat-lined jobs market. Given Europe's reliance on U.S. exports, Trump is smart to use trade as leverage. But the end policy goal should not be protectionism. Trade reciprocity, energy realism and regulatory relief on both sides of the Atlantic will do more to help working Americans.
