As stated in medical journals across the globe, most concussions are mild traumatic brain injuries. But proper recovery is now available to restore patients to their full capacity to excel in life or back on the field.
below is a short excerpt from Wikipedia regarding the epidemics of concussions. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Concussion
Epidemiology
Most cases of traumatic brain injury are concussions. A World Health Organization (WHO) study estimated that between 70 and 90% of head injuries that receive treatment are mild.[11] However, due to underreporting and to the widely varying definitions of concussion and MTBI, it is difficult to estimate how common the condition is.[4] Estimates of the incidence of concussion may be artificially low, for example due to underreporting. At least 25% of MTBI sufferers fail to get assessed by a medical professional.[31] The WHO group reviewed studies on the epidemiology of MTBI and found a hospital treatment rate of 1–3 per 1000 people, but since not all concussions are treated in hospitals, they estimated that the rate per year in the general population is over 6 per 1000 people.[11]
Young children have the highest concussion rate among all age groups.[12] However, most people who suffer concussion are young adults.[77] A Canadian study found that the yearlyincidence of MTBI is lower in older age groups (graph at right).[84] Studies suggest males suffer MTBI at about twice the rate of their female counterparts.[11] However, female athletes may be at a higher risk for suffering concussion than their male counterparts.[85]
Up to five percent of sports injuries are concussions.[50] The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates that 300,000 sports-related concussions occur yearly in the U.S., but that number includes only athletes who lost consciousness.[86] Since loss of consciousness is thought to occur in less than 10% of concussions,[87] the CDC estimate is likely lower than the real number.[86] Sports in which concussion is particularly common include football and boxing (a boxer aims to "knock out", i.e. give a mild traumatic brain injury to, the opponent). The injury is so common in the latter that several medical groups have called for a ban on the sport, including the American Academy of Neurology, theWorld Medical Association, and the medical associations of the UK, the U.S., Australia, and Canada.[88]