A coup brain injury is one that occurs at the site of an impact to the head, while a contrecoup injury is one that occurs at the side opposite to the site of the impact. A contrecoup injury mostly ...

A FORMER Olympic rower who overcame a serious brain injury has become the first patron of a counselling charity in Henley.

And so every brain injury is different,” Kostrzewski said. “Mine’s considered a coup-contrecoup, so all four sides of my brain are damaged. So I learned to read, talk, walk again from 18 on.” ...

The accident left him with a contrecoup injury to the frontal lobes of his brain, resulting in epilepsy, a lost sense of smell and taste, and a significant impact on his mental wellbeing.