Chiropractic and Functional Neurology for Concussion

These practitioners treat the cervical spine and vestibular-visual systems after concussion, often using manual therapy alongside rehabilitation exercises. The evidence supporting the neck-focused component is reasonable; the evidence for "functional neurology" as a distinct discipline is considerably weaker, and it is worth knowing which you are being offered.

The defensible core here is the neck. Cervical spine dysfunction after a head impact is common, genuinely under-treated, and manual therapy combined with exercise has trial support — the same cervicovestibular protocol that produced the 2014 British Journal of Sports Medicine result included cervical manual therapy as a component. Practitioners working in that lane are doing something reasonable.

"Functional neurology" is a broader set of claims and the evidence does not currently support treating it as an established concussion treatment. We list these providers because they are part of the real landscape of care people are offered, and because the cervical work many of them do is legitimate. Listing is not endorsement, here or anywhere else in this directory.

The practical filter is to ask what specifically is being treated and on what basis. A clear answer about cervical spine mechanics and a graded exercise plan is a different proposition from a package of sessions sold in advance against a broad neurological claim. If a course of care is proposed before an examination, that is worth questioning.