BrainWaves Concussion Care and Head Injury Treatment for San Francisco’s East Bay
Concord / Pleasant Hill, Brentwood, Livermore and Lafayette
BrainWaves Concussion Care provides comprehensive assessment, treatment and recovery services to head injury patients throughout the East Bay.
BrainWaves will evaluate your symptoms post-injury to determine if a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) has occurred.
Using BrainScope, an FDA cleared device equipped to aid in the objective assessment of concussions and mTBI, along with ImPACT testing and clinical assessment by experienced head injury experts, BrainWaves can also assess the extent of injury.
If our head injury experts conclude that a concussion has occurred, BrainWaves’ can manage your recovery.
The best results and fastest recovery occur when we are able to assess the extent of injury and begin appropriate treatment as soon as possible after the injury. Concussions that are treated soon after the injury occurs will typically resolve within 4-12 weeks, after which a patient will be referred to his/her primary care physician for routine follow-up. In the unusual case of significant concussion symptoms continuing beyond 12 weeks after the injury date, a patient may need to be referred to a neurologist for treatment of Post-Concussion Syndrome.
Step #1: Initial Concussion Diagnosis
- Initial Evaluation at STAT MED: Walk-in, No Appointment Needed: Clinics are open 7 days a week. Click here for locations and hours. Once diagnosed, they will refer to BrainWaves Concussion Care if needed, depending on initial evaluation.
- Initial Evaluation at BrainWaves: Requires Appointment.
Schedule an Appointment with a BrainWaves Concussion Care Provider (All locations)
Step 2: Integrated Concussion Treatment
- Clinical assessment of concussion, mild to severe symptoms
- ImPACT neurocognitive testing
- Credentialed ImPACT Consultants
- Continuity of care from diagnosis through recovery
- Authorization to return to play, school or work
New! BrainWaves Offers BrainScope One® Concussion Testing
BrainWaves Concussion Care at STAT MED is a credentialed BrainScope One® provider.
We are among the first practices in Northern California to offer this highly advanced and FDA-cleared tool that uses brainwave analysis to quickly and noninvasively identify changes in the brain within three days following a concussion.
This allows physicians to make faster and more confident concussion diagnoses and spares some patients unnecessary (and costly) trips to the ER for a CT scan.
Click to learn more about BrainScope One®.
Student Athletes & Return to Play
The regulations developed by CIF’s Sports Medicine Advisory Committee direct a progressive treatment plan to return to play under medical supervision to minimize risks and allow the brain to properly recovery.
Within those guidelines, though, is the need for each patient to have an individualized care plan such as those provided by our physicians for each concussion patient. To return to play requires authorization by a Credentialed ImPACT Consultant like Dr. Mooney, Clinical Director of BrainWaves Concussion Care.
Step by Step Approach to Concussion Recovery
There are many myths surrounding concussions but increased medical science has shown the importance of an early and accurate concussion diagnosis and a customized step-by-step treatment plan for recovery under the supervised care of physician trained in concussion care.
Your BrainWaves physician also may need to provide an accommodation for school or work.
Click here to learn more about concussions and head injuries.
