How Sleep Affects Concussions and Overall Brain Wellness Get a good night’s sleep. Don’t lose sleep over it. Did you sleep well? Sweet dreams! The many idioms and expressions about sleep in our culture indicate the significance of this basic, yet highly essential, function when it comes to our health. Indeed, the National Sleep Foundation Read more

With temperatures plummeting in many places in the country, including our mid-Atlantic area, here’s a timely topic: a possible new treatment for mild traumatic brain injury (TBI) called therapeutic brain cooling for concussions. Cool is…Well…Very Cool! Applying cold to an injury is not a new concept. Athletes do it all the time. And lots of Read more

MAC Alliance strives to educate others about concussions and TBIs. The brain is complex, which makes understanding concussions tricky. Take this quiz to gauge your knowledge…and be eligible for prizes too! Loading… We are constantly gaining new information and findings on concussions and concussion detection from studies and research. Thanks for completing the quiz! Stay Read more

We at MAC Alliance are excited to introduce MAC Brain Health Cart, the game-changing innovation that brings top brain health monitoring concussion diagnostic testing wherever you are. MAC-Cart offers critical technology to facilities and communities virtually anywhere using advanced testing methods and telemedicine, all through an affordable leasing program for health providers. Our goal is Read more

As a special Veteran’s Day salute, we are dedicating this month’s post to the issue of veterans and concussions. To all our military men and women – both present and past—we salute you! Thank you for the sacrifices you make for our freedom. Veterans and Concussions: When Symptoms Aren’t Obvious It can be a normal Read more

With so much important information about COVID-19 testing in the news these days, it’s easy to forget about other forms of ongoing, necessary health testing. Now that current plans call for resumption of fall high school competition in most states this month, we wanted to remind parents and their athlete children that it’s not too Read more

Since the start of enforcing safety measures during the pandemic, spending time outdoors has become increasingly popular. As we say goodbye to the humidity of the summer and to welcome the crisp breezes of fall, we’ve got even more great reasons to be outside. And one of them is our new concussion prevention campaign: #RockYourHelmet Read more

We have often said that concussions can be tricky to spot because they have many invisible symptoms that aren’t as obvious as the signs of many other injuries, such as a broken arm or sprained ankle. Traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) aren’t easily detected by many of the tools we normally use to assess injuries: MRIs Read more

Most studies on childhood concussion target adolescent athletes, ages 10-19. So we were pleased to read a recent study in The Journal of Pediatrics that  focused on younger elementary school-age children with head injuries. The study was conducted by Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia (CHOP) and published this month. Childhood Concussions in Kids Under 11 Need Read more