Testing options
Two measurements, one picture of the injury
A concussion is not established by any single test. These are the two objective measurements we offer, what each one is actually able to answer, and how they are read together. Which you need depends on your injury and how long ago it happened — that is a conversation, not a checkout.
The options
What we offer
Ocular Motor Assessment
Instrumented measurement of how the eyes move — a function the patient cannot consciously control.
What it answers
Is there objectively measurable dysfunction right now, and how is it changing over time?
What is included
- Instrumented ocular motor testing across three domains
- About 30 minutes, including paperwork
- Same-day availability across our clinic network
- Interpreted by a board-certified neurologist
- Certified report identifying the device and the interpreting clinician
Blood Biomarker Panel
Proteins released after injury, plus a one-time genotype that gives context on recovery risk.
What it answers
What do the injury markers show for the interval since the event, and is there a genetic factor worth accounting for in the care plan?
What is included
- GFAP and UCH-L1 — the acute markers
- S100B and NF-L — the later-window markers
- APOE genotype, reported once and never repeated
- Physician-ordered after review of the injury and its timing
- Processed by a CLIA-certified laboratory, named on the report
Together
Why the two answer different questions
They are not alternatives to choose between on price. They measure different things on different clocks, which is the reason for offering both.
Function versus chemistry
The eye test measures how the brain is performing a task. The panel measures what has leaked into the blood. One can be abnormal while the other is not.
Different clocks
Blood markers rise and clear on timelines from hours to months, so the interval since the injury decides which are worth drawing. Functional testing can be repeated over the whole recovery.
Once versus over time
APOE genotype never changes, so it is tested once and informs the plan from then on. Everything else is a snapshot that only means something alongside the next one.
Your care team
Who you actually talk to
Testing is not something we hand you a result from and leave you with. There is a person on either side of it, and more than one where your results call for it.
Before
A nurse, before your test
What the measurement involves, what it can show and what it cannot, and anything you want to ask. For the blood panel this is also where the optional genetic component is explained — before it is ordered, not after a result exists.
After
A nurse, after your results
Your report in plain language: what was measured, what the findings mean for you, and what happens next. Post-injury it is genuinely harder to hold a conversation like this in one go, so it does not have to be one go.
Where indicated
A physician — sometimes several
In some cases a doctor will reach out or be scheduled, and sometimes more than one: a neurologist reading the functional testing, a psychiatrist where mood, anxiety or sleep are driving the picture. Which and how many follows what your results and symptoms show — not a package tier.
Choosing
Not sure which one you need?
Most people should not have to work this out alone, and the honest answer depends on facts about your injury that a web page cannot know.
Schedule an appointment and talk to a nurse
A short conversation, at no obligation, with a member of our nursing staff. Tell us what happened and when, and we will tell you which measurement is informative for the interval you are in — including when the answer is that neither is worth doing yet.
We look at the interval since your injury
This is the single fact that changes the recommendation most. A blood panel drawn in the wrong window costs money and answers nothing; the same draw days earlier answers a great deal.
You get a recommendation, in writing
What we suggest, what it will show, what it will not show, and what it costs — before anything is ordered. If your injury is old enough that only monitoring is useful, we will say that too.
Talk with our team to discuss your options
Schedule an appointment and we will walk through both measurements, what each would tell you in your situation, and what it costs — before you commit to anything.