Recently, the NFL has focused on improving its procedures for ensuring that players who have suffered concussions are prevented from returning to action until their brains have healed. The more ...

AKRON, Ohio (WJW) — The knowledge of concussions and their impact short and long term remains something that continues to grow with continued studies of the injury. It has been long believed that ...

MIAMI GARDENS — Tua Tagovailoa has focused his offseason on limiting future concussions. One step the Dolphins quarterback has taken is to strengthen the muscles in and around his neck. Tua's neck was ...

When Tom Cutinella, a 16-year-old football player from Shoreham-Wading River High School, was involved in a tragic on-field collision that took his life, there was no athletic trainer on the sideline.

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Kanawha County health officials are preparing to host the “Concussion Discussion” breakfast Thursday morning in an effort to help the public better recognize brain injuries. The ...

Concussions are a big concern, especially this time of year with hard hits on the football field. Those head injuries can happen to athletes of all ages in almost any sport. There is now a big focus ...

Watching a Cowboys game earlier this season, I noticed an unusual disk-like object around the neck of Tony Pollard, Dallas’ star running back. Too thin and small to be a neck brace, it led me to ...

With the start of school just around the corner, sports teams are gearing up for the start of their seasons as well. Dr. Caroline Faure, a concussion specialist who teaches at Idaho State University, ...

Recent concussion laws that set out to prevent head injuries in American teenage athletes should be extended to include the activities of summer camps, travel teams and all-star teams. This will ...

For experienced healthcare providers, diagnosing concussions isn’t often too difficult but determining when a person has fully recovered from one can be more challenging. Recovery is often based on ...

KINGSTON, N.Y. — The Brain Injury Association of New York State (BIANYS) and the New York State Athletic Trainers’ Association (NYSATA) will host a concussion outreach prevention education (COPE) ...