Children's Hospital Program
Concussion Clinic at Children's of Alabama
📍 Birmingham
Vestibular/BalancePhysical TherapyRehabilitation/Brain Injury
Concussion specialist
John Lax MD
📍 Birmingham, Alabama · Telehealth available · ✓ Listing verified 2026-07-04
About
John Lax, MD is a Birmingham, Alabama Aerospace Medicine, Family Medicine and Sports Medicine specialist whose subspecialty is Concussion. They see patients at UAB Sports & Exercise Medicine Concussion Clinic, part of UAB Health System.
Areas of concussion focus include Sports Concussion and Return to Play. In this directory the listing sits under Multidisciplinary Concussion and Return to Play/Learn.
The practice sees athletes and adults, and telehealth appointments are available.
Services
Multidisciplinary ConcussionReturn to Play/Learn
Clinical focus areas
ConcussionSports ConcussionReturn to Play
Details
Provider typePhysician - Sports Medicine
SpecialtyAerospace Medicine, Family Medicine, Sports Medicine
PracticeUAB Sports & Exercise Medicine Concussion Clinic
Health systemUAB Health System
ServesAthletes/Sports, Adult
Before your first appointment
Patients who contact John Lax in Birmingham usually want to be clear on a few things first:
- the 6-step return-to-play protocol — The standard stepwise protocol athletic trainers and team physicians follow.
- concussion treatment that has evidence behind it — The first 48 hours, active recovery, and the therapies used for lingering symptoms.
- the 2- and 4-week persisting thresholds — The sourced duration numbers, and the point where waiting stops being a plan.
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