Florissant is one of the largest cities in north St. Louis County, and the region’s concussion programs are almost all clustered well south of it — in the Central West End medical district or out in west county. For a Florissant resident that means a long drive, often a referral requirement, and a wait.
Distance is a clinical problem, not just an inconvenience
Concussion assessment is not one appointment. It depends on the same clinician seeing how someone changes across several visits, because the trajectory is the finding. When each visit costs an hour of driving each way plus time off work, people stop coming — and a recovery that was going to need three visits gets one.
We are roughly fifteen minutes down Lindbergh from most Florissant addresses, which is the practical difference between a follow-up plan and a follow-up plan that gets kept.
Adults who are not athletes
Much of the visible concussion care in the region is organised around youth sports. That work matters, but it leaves out the person who fell on ice, was rear-ended on Lindbergh, or took a blow at work — no baseline test, no trainer, no season to return to, and often no one who saw it happen.
It also leaves out how differently adults recover. Pre-existing headache, disrupted sleep and metabolic conditions all affect the course, and all are excluded from the athlete studies that set expectations. See treatment.
Being seen without a referral
Some concussion clinics in the region will not schedule without a physician referral, which adds a primary care visit and several weeks in front of the assessment. We do not require one — call and we will book you.
Common questions
Does the brain fully heal after a concussion?
In most cases symptoms resolve and people return to how they were. A minority develop persistent symptoms lasting a month or more, and that group benefits from targeted treatment rather than from being told to wait longer. See long-term effects.
Is it too late to be evaluated if my injury was months ago?
No. Persistent post-concussion symptoms are treatable well after the injury, and vestibular and oculomotor dysfunction can be identified and worked on at that stage. A late assessment is worth more than none.
Do you see patients from Illinois as well?
Yes. We are licensed in both Missouri and Illinois and see patients from across the Metro East. See locations and service area.
Getting here from Florissant
Concussion Center
4477 Woodson Rd, Suite 105, St. Louis, MO 63134
(314) 887-5866
Monday–Friday, 8:00 AM – 5:00 PM
Florissant sits north of the office; the usual route is Lindbergh south to Woodson Rd.