What’s Next in Sports Concussion Management?

Survey Says — Research For Treatments In honor of March being National Athletic Trainers Month, I surveyed select LinkedIn followers representing the experts — athletic trainers, entrepreneurs, doctors and other medical professionals — asking them to shed light on where the sports concussion industry is going. But first, here’s a little look back to see where we’ve been. […]

Fyzical® Vegas to Pilot Sports Concussion Service For Amateur, Professional Athletes

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Fyzical® Therapy & Balance Centers and Elite Brain Performance in Las Vegas partner to test a new sports concussion management campaign using XLNTBrain™ NATIONAL HARBOR, MD/February 13, 2017 /EINPresswire.com/ — Despite the emerging concussion industry with hundreds of apps, gadgets and protocols, finding an authority in the neighborhood who can provide a pre-season baseline test, […]

Rest or No Rest After a Concussion?

“Relative rest” is key to concussion recovery, contrary to what many believe. (PsychologyToday.com – December 22, 2016) — Unfortunate advice passed down over the decades has many people believing they already know about concussions, including whether or not rest after sustaining a traumaticbrain injury (TBI). For example, we used to hear recommendations to keep the injured patient awake […]

The Best Advice For Handling Concussions

Top tips from athletic trainers dealing with concussions daily (PsychologyToday.com — November 23, 2016) A concussion-caliber collision starts a process inside the brain to manage the effects. While the neural synapses scramble to recalibrate, there is a lot on the line. To avoid an altered future fraught with headaches, memory loss and mood dysregulation from the potential injury not healing […]