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An August 2025 study in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, “Does strengthening the cervical spine musculature enhance neck strength and reduce sports-related concussions in rugby and football players?” by Cardenas et al. (2025) explored whether targeted cervical spine strengthening can reduce the incidence of sports-related concussions. Neck strength and the implications for concussion […]

When it comes to sport-related concussions, the best progress is made when multiple stakeholders have a voice: athletes, families, coaches, and clinicians. A new study, “Engaging children, young adults, and other partners to identify priorities for sport related concussion research,”  highlights how “co-production,” i.e., working side by side with those directly affected, grounds concussion research

In recent years, instrumented mouthguards – mouthguards fitted with tiny accelerometers – have been introduced as a new way to measure head impacts in sports. The idea sounds simple: every time an athlete takes a hit, the mouthguard tracks how the head moves giving trainers and doctors more information about concussion risk. However, a new study