INSIDE the Blue Tent | NFL Concussion Testing Explained

Football concussions are one of the most common sports injuries. The NFL concussion policy has come under a lot of scrutiny and I'm here to help give a more simple look at how players are evaluated for a concussion in the NFL.
All of this information can be found publicly online, at sites like this
bit.ly/2x1fEml but most people don't really understand all of the tests. I hope this video helps clarify the concussion screening process and gives a look inside that sideline blue medical tent!
-Brian
DISCLAIMER: This video represents the opinions of the individual and not my employer, Mayo Clinic. This video is not meant to be taken as medical advice. Consult your doctor if you have any concerns you may have a concussion

[@declankinsella3382]

I think I've got a good video idea. I think you should do Steph Currys ankles. He had no ankle issues prior to the NBA and as soon as he entered the NBA his ankles turned to glass

[@declankinsella3382]

also good video

[@b-dinogianrainierp.8721]

Hip strength had to do something with his ankle injuries

[@MrMW2nd]

He messed his ankles up early on wearing nikes

[@TeyonaMiller]

@@MrMW2nd As opposed to UNDER ARMOR? Lol. Stop.

[@lilkris3008]

Imo it’s the huge amount of muscle gained and the increase in pt. Same problem as the nfl with the technology and sports medicine knowledge we have nowadays. bones are meant to handle normal and occasionally strenuous things not cuts and quick hard pressure at an angle 82 games a year plus the entire playoffs and finals in steph’s case

[@kelvinramirez5488]

Do a video on shazier

[@nathanhung9057]

Blue tent eats players, Lesson learned. In all seriousness, this is very educational. Hopefully one day the engineers could figure out better gears for impact.

[@bruhmoment9592]

Nathan Hung All the sub-concussive hits will still eventually lead to cte

[@1AngryPanda]

The thing is, because of the gear, concussions are such a big problem in the NFL or NHL, in rugby concussions not such a big problem, because yoo dont have no protection and when u hit someone hard the chances are very high you hurt yourself.

[@jacksonedwards1725]

Thx for the lesson man

[@gpturner0924]

@@1AngryPanda Risk is lower because there's no protection? Really? Sounds fishy to me...

[@1AngryPanda]

Glenn Turner i know it sound weird, but when the players dont have protection, they dont hit each other so hard, because they hurt themselve too. With protection you can hit somebody with full speed and walk away like nothing, try the same without protection and then you have two injured players.

[@Techn9cian123]

Alabama’s head athletic trainer, Jeff Allen, invented the tent. Now every big college football program has one as well as the nfl.

[@brittanyrouse2887]

Roll Tide 😏

[@Bouchbombs]

Man this channel is amazing happy im hear before it blows up

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Thanks Josh!!

[@Bouchbombs]

Lmao here***

[@javreviews6700]

This channel is super dope concept you should do Derrick Rose and why his injuries happened and what could’ve happened to avoid yhem

[@3riantran]

Xavior Alexander Thank you

[@giovanny2284]

He did

[@kokkidaa]

don't know if you already got your answer but one of the reasons was that when he landed from his dunks, he usually landed on one foot and pulled his other leg down with really big force what means that his knees took a really big hit every time he dunked, if he would've had landed on two feet he maybe could've avoided some of his injuries

[@thosekidsactdum]

The problem with Derrick Rose is the way how he lands on his feet.

[@andrewnieto5549]

Allegedly they have to stay out. Ive seen several of a guy falling down getting up and comes in the next quarter or a few pkays after. Or the player tells the doctor no and sits on the sideline the qhol time.

[@wolfgangiii4719]

that Jahavid Best injury never gets easier to watch

[@jimcarrey6928]

I would love to see a Marcus Lattimore video, one of the most gruesome injuries I’ve ever seen...

[@keshon79]

Jon Sobaski so true

[@shantkhoshafian8698]

Very educational doc thank you. Do you think they can add to it?

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Yea I think so. There are lots of different screening tools and some are much quicker. Google " king devick". Honestly though I think if they just adhere to the protocol they would do a really good job of managing concussions

[@gnk-seriespowerdroid4405]

Not to brag, but I’d fail the Maddox test without head injury🤯

[@daryltruthdorsey9172]

Lol

[@tomcahill6981]

Great simple explanation

[@demaurimitchell3167]

Like when Brian Hoyer had than seizure last season but everyone ignored it

[@SpookyPilots]

really appreciate the video! wondered what they did in there haha!

[@rm9308]

Full body functional PACT scanners can't come soon enough. Could put one in that blue tent.

[@DonaldSimsProduction]

Very informative. Thank you.

[@tfizzle56]

Those images was brutal af

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Yea that whole fencing posture is actually pretty common when you are watching for it :/ seizure is really rare though

[@brokenwave6125]

Not as brutal as your grammar

[@micahhurley4146]

Broken Wave lmao you actually made me laugh

[@archidandayag198]

Can you explain achillis tendon injury of kobe? Thanks doc!

[@aidenelder5188]

Bru that eyebrow tho

[@Wrld-ce3rc]

Big oof

[@jackgeis6842]

I was lookin for this comment to make sure I wasn’t trippin😂

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Yea yea haha. This is what happens when you don't really care how you look cause nobody is watching your vids and then it blows up haha

[@jackgeis6842]

Brian Sutterer MD I mean you could fix it up for free if you wanted to but look how you wanna i guess

[@maskcosplay1943]

Brian Sutterer MD actually he can do something. His eyebrow is following the e-boy/emo style

[@andrescordova614]

How does he not have millions of videos lol?

[@ThiagoMoraesLeal]

Great video. Greetings from Brazil! ;)

[@bobbymartin5508]

Please do an episode on Ryan Shazier

[@om5335]

Thank you very much, very educative

[@alltheway255]

great video

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Thanks!

[@f.b.i.8950]

Did anyone get a concussion ad before this. No. Just me Edit:omg thank you for all the likes!!! 😀😀😀 Edit 2: came back on here literally got the same ad

[@BrianSuttererMD]

What kind of concussion ad? For what?

[@f.b.i.8950]

It was about someone getting a concussion in football and he was describing it

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Oh, hm.

[@sammetcalfe2579]

It was a rugby add

[@braiden2747]

I got some national anthem thing

[@Sleelan]

There's no way I'd be able to count down the months in reverse, concussion or not

[@michaelgorilla9910]

Once in a playoff game cowboys QB Troy akiman was thought to have sustained a concussion. When questioned on the sideline he didn’t know what day it was or where he was and thought he was playing in a high school state championship game. They sent him back on the field and he won the game for the cowboys.

[@TheBigChad]

I played for FSU for 4 years, graduated last year, and I had pulled my groin in a game. They have the tent I think to firstly handle concussions, but also in my case where I had to take my pants off it keeps it all in the tent lol. It’s weird being naked in a football stadium

[@7viewerlogic670]

Great info.

[@ahhhhhderf1]

Doc, how about that Steelers cb who can’t play in Denver for some reason.

[@poocrafter2]

I remember when I played soccer in High School my doctor had me do a test regularly counting down from 100 by 3 numbers at a time. He said it was to get an idea that if I had a concussion I would be slower at counting down.

[@katiebumbum1113]

Please do a video about Kevin Ware's injury.

[@jfenton9817]

There's really no way to stop concussions short of putting substantially more space between the surface of the head and the surface of the helmet or point of impact. Some kind of bubble head might be the answer. Though it may look too goofy to play in

[@brokenwave6125]

But that increases the chance of neck injury. The farther helmets are from the skull, the more leverage they provide to whip the neck around. And concussions are better than broken necks.

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Honestly it might work haha

[@ManfredDudesonVonGuy]

Watching these videos makes me really thankful that the worst injuries I got were a mild concussion from wrestling a class A douchebag and a partial tear of my patellar tendon as a running back.

[@keltoncollins1877]

Legend says Russel Wilson never came back out of the blue tent the person playing as Russel Wilson is not the real one

[@jeb7470]

can't stop looking at that eyebrow

[@StoneSharpensIron]

Greg oden would be great. Portland ignored biometric sensor information.

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Yea for sure! Will look into it more

[@StoneSharpensIron]

@@BrianSuttererMD Thank you for the reply. It's a fascinating story. Larry Ziegler a kinesiologist did testing on Oden and Brandon Roy. He saw imbalances with sensors he put on them as I understand it. Apparently when the blazers deemed Oden healthy zig went to them and told them he was not right and was compensating with the opposite leg. They laughed at him. A fascinating issue.

[@BrianSuttererMD]

I played against Gregg in middle school and he's from my home town lol. I think if he were playing in this day and age with all our tech he'd still be out there. I think that's the interesting part of it

[@StoneSharpensIron]

@@BrianSuttererMD I absolutely agree. He was a remarkable prospect with unbelievable fluid movement as a big man. Great skill around the basket. It's a shame this happened.

[@jonasp.30]

Where do you think I can buy one of those I like them

[@nielcarpnava]

Please do Brandon Roy's degenerative knees. We need to know more about that. Thanks.

[@ismaeelahmed2385]

I Think my mind has been read lol

[@largechurro2321]

Broken Record by George Kittle ayee Stone Cold Kittle

[@andrewhoback1080]

I've seen players come back in one play bo way they do all this everytime

[@sep0272]

Just subbed

[@kevindao1103]

*Gets a concussion ad before video begins*

[@user-rb9ix9sl1n]

Does that really helped? It does reduce now or in the future the amount of brain damage they get? Thanks dr!

[@dogplayingguitarhero8025]

Cool video I never know that

[@BrianSuttererMD]

You bet! Thanks

[@stanleysteiner1009]

I saw AFL

[@rileykennedy6565]

Why not test all the players before and after the game

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Too time consuming and no real reason to if no suspected concussion or head injury

[@murrayoversby5609]

Is the testing in the NFL different from the NHL, AFL or rugby?

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Not really. They may have specific questions or forms they use but in general most concussion evals are the same regardless of nfl vs junior soccer

[@yumitokushige8486]

Something is very different with the doctor two years later.

[@SFbayArea94121]

Once you get put in there, YOU DONT EVER COME BACK!

[@eddiet.779]

I don’t like how this guy has two different eyebrows.

[@williamf.buckleyjr3227]

1:20 is where he KINDA shuts up with the icing, and gets to the cake.

[@purplecrowbarindustries]

Every time he says concussion take a shot

[@cangunduz7996]

Just take the man to the hospital wtf

[@cacapoopoopp]

oh yeah

[@moshforjesus]

Shouldn't it be brain injury, even to me head injury for a concussion doesn't sound right.

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Technically yes it's classified as a mild traumatic brain injury

[@jakerose5197]

0:08 I want to the game

[@timramich]

I have no problem with them treating concussions seriously. What I do have a problem with is changing the fundamental gameplay to totally avoid injury. If they remove kickoffs, the game will be over.

[@brokenwave6125]

Not really

[@jakefindley1053]

Damn I just figured they just play dominoes, or maybe solitaire 😂😂😂

[@SomeJustice19k]

That hit that ruined Joe Flaco still pisses me the off, and I'm not a Ravens fan.

[@Dean_Hasbulla]

Broca's area allows you to speak. Wernicke's area allows you to understand speech. There are 4 lobes -Frontal lobe -Temporal lobe -Occipital lobe -Parietal lobe I'm 12 and I know that stuff.

[@Dean_Hasbulla]

Like and Comment

[@mcinty12]

Your eyebrow gave me a concussion, where is the blue tent?

[@christophersalinas2722]

Concussion Ad

[@TheToOPPlayers]

you forgot to fix your right eyebrow.

[@jackmcmurray6439]

Those eyebrows though 😂🤣

[@bugalaman]

Imagine if OJ Simpson had access to a blue tent, maybe he wouldn't have murdered two people.

[@44dlowe]

bugalaman he didn’t do it bro

[@audilicous]

Derrick Lowe yeah he did

[@mrsmith7268]

Lets not argue about this

[@bugalaman]

@@mrsmith7268 I agree. There is nothing to argue about. OJ murdered Ron and Nicole. He was found liable for their deaths by a court of law. Shame really. If only had modern medicine and safety equipment progressed more quickly, his brain wouldn't have been scrambled and his violent tendencies wouldn't have come out.

[@44dlowe]

He still didn’t do it

[@georgeyoung1810]

the documentary "league of denial" ended my love of the NFL. Not only did they screw the players they tried to ruin the dr who brought the issues caused by concussions to light. The movie concussion was terrible but the book and documentary shows how the commissioners did whatever they could to protect the brand. Shameful what they did

[@kevinkilner1856]

Chiefs Fans Watching this 👁👄👁

[@TrixksSzn]

I bet that tagovailoa is used to this tent If u don't watch the NCAA ignore this comment

[@5iveondem705]

Them eyebrows😂

[@nathanjudosn4020]

After a while his face and chin started to annoy me so I stopped looking and started only listening

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Haha, thanks? Hoped it was still educational

[@brokenwave6125]

That shows your level of maturity.

[@nathanjudosn4020]

Brian Sutterer MD you where it was very interesting I just don’t have a long attention span so I starting fidgeting with my thumbs and listening

[@chrisulmer694]

This is why contact sports aren’t worth playing. I played football in high school and now I’m gonna have to pay for it for the rest of my time on this Earth. I tore my ACL ligaments in my knees and I’m gonna have to have artificial knee replacements as will anyone else who tears their ACL at a young age. So it doesn’t even take head injuries to completely and dramatically affect your life as you get older. Playing these sports are definitely not worth it.

[@h0ap852]

Chris Ulmer to be honest on how much they get played its worth but something like hs football might want to be careful

[@braiden2747]

I mean, I play hockey and all we have to worry about is head contact, and maybe neck.

[@boohoo3687]

Boy shave ur eyebrows

[@jacksutkaytis4969]

boooooo, i though you where gonna show us what it looked like inside

[@RafaelRamirez-vk4vu]

The blue tent is the beginning of the end for the NFL...which is actually a good thing for the young athletes. Any sport where the risk af having a devastating injury to the point of having something like a "blue tent " is not a safe sport. Football is a sport in which every player looks to slam his body into another body trying to inflict damage without catching any injury himself, but in our political correctness environment we should not take advantage of an unguarded player who knows the risks of the sport to begin with......it is such an ironic scenario. Now , the problem is that every player, coach or fan want to see everyone involved giving their maximum effort for the sake of the sport/show but, at the same time every one hast to "be safe" ......what a conundrum

[@Wrld-ce3rc]

*cough* *cough* r/iamverysmart *cough*

[@jamesf3148]

FALSE ADVERTISING, THEY DONT ACTUALLY GO INSIDE A BLUE TENT.

[@BrianSuttererMD]

Haha its a tent. The video is about the testing they do inside the tent

[@jamesf3148]

@@BrianSuttererMD to be clear the video says INSIDE the blue tent, not once do you show the inside of the blue tent.

[@dadsonworldwide3238]

As someone almost 50 coached and witnessed sports and football i know the diagnosis scale has become super sensitive beyond past thresholds thats a given. But do you think its entered a near hypochondriac level of sychosos though ? Is it breeding hypochondriac in players and in dr to intervene to often and to much ? And is their any death and despair threshold models for nfl staff? I know our national emergency virus deaths and despair model was thrown in the trash so this is something greater than just sports medicine. But what's your thoughts? Mental health is increased with stress about players jobs not to mention when a star player is put on INJURY reserve many fans go threw near mental breakdown 😳 😕 😬 Lol just wondering is it any PhD studus on such cognitive bias?