The NFL’s concussion protocol is a robust safeguard to help protect players from the long-term effects of head trauma.

Football is a contact sport, but leagues do their best to implement rules that can pair riveting action with player safety. Head-to-head hits can result in concussions, which, at their baseline, are ...

Concussion protocol for youth sports is changing in a major way. Traditionally, guidance has been to rest and limit activity. Research now shows controlled aerobic workouts restore blood to the brain ...

MONDAY, Nov. 10, 2025 (HealthDay News) — Blood tests might be able to tell how badly a concussion has rung a person’s bell, a ...

A new study, presented this week at the Association of Academic Physiatrists Annual Meeting in Las Vegas, Nevada, shows college students take significantly more time to recover from a concussion than ...

A text analyzing brain-related biomarkers in the blood shows promise for measuring the severity of concussions in teenagers, ...

NEW ORLEANS — In the U.S., there are an estimated two million sports-related concussions a year in children and teens. And in the last several years, sports medicine doctors have adopted a new ...

Levels of certain biomarkers in the blood are associated with symptom severity during recovery from concussion in adolescents ...

Houston Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud will miss his second straight game with a concussion, leaving Davis Mills to start ...

Houston quarterback C.J. Stroud is still recovering from a concussion and will miss a second straight game Sunday when the ...

The NFL concussion protocol only has five steps, while the NCAA's has six. Really though the NFL's final stage is full football activity and clearance, which is what the NCAA has, but the NCAA just ...