For many children, playing sports is an important part of maintaining a well-rounded lifestyle. Sports teach student-athletes things like fitness, discipline and teamwork, but there is a degree of ...

Children who experience migraine headaches in the aftermath of a concussion are more likely to suffer prolonged symptoms of the head injury than those with other forms of headache or no headaches at ...

March 26 (Reuters) - One in five soldiers who return from Iraq or Afghanistan having suffered a concussion develop chronic headaches that occur at least half the days of the month, with many suffering ...

ST. PAUL - Running back Jessey Grove took the football right up the middle during a game with rival Luverne last season, and was hit in the head. The Windom Area High School senior immediately went ...

A concussion, also known as a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI), happens when you take a hit to the head, neck, or body, causing the brain to bounce around within the skull. Concussion symptoms ...

A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) that results from a direct hit to the head, face or neck. Concussions may or may not involve a loss of consciousness. Symptoms may occur immediately ...

Headaches can linger long after the initial blow. May 3, 2013— -- She was just a 12-year-old athlete when it happened: A blow to the head from a lacrosse ball left Marianna Consiglio with a ...

Most people expect concussion recovery to follow a predictable timeline — a few days of rest, maybe a week or two of taking it easy, then back to normal life. But for roughly 10 to 15 percent of ...

Recovering from a traumatic brain injury during COVID isolation forced me to rebuild my identity from the ground up—one small ...