Kavanagh, Thomas2024-09-092024-08-252024-01-011012-6902D6S4A (isidoc)https://hdl.handle.net/10182/17555In this autoethnography, I explore my experiences with sport-related concussion. I portray the challenges that the symptoms presented, but I also provide a wider social, cultural and political context that includes the normalisation of pain and injury in collision sports and the discourses that contribute to a culture where players minimise the severity of, and play through, concussion. Following my career, this article showcases a ‘culture of knocks’, highlighting how these discourses are learned and reproduced, the complex relationship between teams and medical staff, and anxiety over long-term consequences.21 pagesen© The Author(s) 2024.concussionautoethnographysport sociologymasculinityriskJournal Article10.1177/101269022412752761461-7218ANZSRC::420799 Sports science and exercise not elsewhere classifiedANZSRC::350405 Sport and leisure managementANZSRC::441099 Sociology not elsewhere classifiedANZSRC::420604 Injury preventionANZSRC::4207 Sports science and exerciseANZSRC::4410 Sociologyhttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Attribution