Help! I'm Getting Concussions Every Time I Bump My Head! Why and HOW you can STOP IT!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 15 พ.ค. 2024
- This is one of the most common questions we get from viewers. You may have had concussions in the past or you may be dealing with one now - but every time you hit a pothole or someone bumps your head you go right back to square one.
In this video, we explain why this is and how you can actually stop this from happening all together! This is a concept that I call the "Concussion Cliff"
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God bless you. We don’t need doctors we need sane informative people.
I have been suffering from this “concussion cliff” for years now! Thank you for explaining this, I never knew if all the micro-bumps where causing small sinister damage overtime. Happy to hear that isn’t true
Oh my gosh im so glad i found this. I suffered a concussion about 4 years ago. My pcs was awful for months. I hit my head on the kitchen counter the other day and immediately felt my traps tense up again with a headache! My anxiety was up the roof! I thought “not again!”
ughh yeah, that’s one of the worst feelings.
This helps with my anxiety so much. Just to have this explained in and talked through, I’ve felt like I’ve been going crazy. I’ve been dealing with post concussion syndrome for 2 years and a lot of little bumps like bumping my head on a cabinet or having a ball bounce and hit me in the face send my symptoms through a loop and make me feel like crap for a few days and I’m always worried that I hurt my Brian worse than it already was
Same here, deal with the anxiety so much, dealing with it today. It’s exhausting. Finding help is even more frustrating. Good luck to you my friend.
Thank you, this is very helpful
GOD BLESS YOU FOR MAKING THIS VIDEO. That is all 🖤
Crazy that you posted this, just as I was going through this again.
I hope it helped you :)
I recovered from concussion completely. I can help you
Thank you, very helpful and totally real!
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Thank you for putting this content out there!
Thanks boss
very helpful video thanks for posting this to youtube, the only thing that has remained unclear to me. Is I had PCS about a year ago it resolved, then I banged my head on a cabinet and all the symptoms returned. But why did my mood swing, sadness/depression return with it? That's the part that's weird to me.
Thank you
Thank you for the video! I'm saving it to my favourites. After a car accident I suffered a concussion some years ago I live with that anxiety every day. PCS was awful, for the first time I felt what is it to lose control over my body. So I fear that so much I'm going crazy in the ways I'm trying to protect myself. Even a sneeze triggers me and I start experiencing symptoms.
@Complete Concussion Management
Thank you for this video. I found your argument that multiple concussions do not lower the threshold of impact needed (expressed in g's) to generate subsequent concussions to be encouraging yet contradictory to other sources I have read.
I personally have suffered several concussions and dealt with reccuring PCS. Now, sometimes when I receive even a relatively minor blow to the head, I experience a return of concussion -like symptoms (headache, light sensitivity, nausea). This has lead me to believe that my threshold (amount of force needed) for getting a concussion/mild TBI has decreased due to previous injuries.Your assertion that the light hits (below 70g) are probably not actually concussive but instead triggering a return of underlying, untreated symptoms (inflammation, neck problems, anxiety etc) is very comforting. That would mean that I am not getting re-concussed as I feared but merely aggravating untreated problems.
However, other professionals and their studies on the subject seems to imply that multiple concussions DO INDEED LOWER THE FORCE NEEDED FOR SUBSEQUENT concussions. For example, a quick Google Scholar search turned up the following two articles. Writing in the Canadian Medical Association Journal, a certain Dr. Taylor says "it is now known that, after a concussion, there is greater susceptibility to sustaining another concussion and that subsequent concussions occur with less force and take longer to resolve." (doi i10.1503/cmaj.120039t)
Similarly, another study from 2017 (doi 10.1089/neu.2016.4767) concludes, "findings from this investigation support the notion that magnitude of the injurious blow and those preceding it, along with time influence the threshold for concussion. To that end, greater head Impact Density (i.e., higher number and magnitude of impacts over time) appears to increase concussion risk by failing to allow for the cerebral tissue to return to pre-impact status between blows."
Also, on more of an anecdotal level, most combat sports fans (myself included) can cite multiple examples of fighters with rock solid "chins" who seemed to be able to withstand tremendous punishment but, after sustaining a few knockouts, became much easier to knockout with even light of blows. Chuck Liddel or Frankie Edgar are just two examples of fighters with seeming unbreakable jaws who, after enduring a few KO's, rapidly became very easy to knock out.
I am in no way, shape or form a medical professional or scientist. Also, I sincerely hope (for my sake and the sake of others dealing with concussion fallout) that you are correct and that (after >30 days) concussions do not lower your threshold for subsequent concussions. I really hope that I am not being re-concussed but just aggravating other symptoms as you argue. That being said, I am skeptical of your argument when other professionals don't seem to be in agreement. Could you please give more of an explanation of what studies led you to come to your conclusion?
Thanks for reading to the end!
I saw this comment and immediately thought...too long...not reading it. But I did. I'm going to try and keep it brief though. Risk for subsequent concussions, and lower threshold for injury, are two separate things. There are several studies which show that those who've had a previous concussion are at greater risk for getting another one...but here's the issue - there are too many variables to be considered. Because these studies are done in an athletic setting, we don't often account for things like playing position (i.e., wide-receivers get more concussions than linemen)...so WR are more likely to get their first concussion and also more likely to get subsequent ones. Is this because their brain is more susceptible? Or because they continue to play a higher risk position? We also don't take into account risk taking behaviour - players who fight in hockey are more likely to get concussed...and are more likely to get concussed again if they continue playing a hard hitting/fighting game. Body size is another one. Game awareness is another factor - some players know where everyone and everything is and can get out of the way. Others always seem to get caught off guard. The only research which has looked at actual G-forces required for 1st vs. subsequent concussions have found that those forces are the same. It is speculated that previous concussions can lower threshold but we actually have little to no evidence that it does.
The only thing that may be a factor in lowering threshold is when repeat concussions are happening in close proximity to the initial injury. metabolic recovery takes 22-30 days to resolve. Another concussion prior to that may result in reduced threshold (but again not much evidence here). In addition, the metabolic recovery of those subsequent injuries moves from a 30 day recovery to a 90-120 day recovery. So if this does indicate lowered threshold, now this athlete has a window of 3-4 months where another smaller hit could cause another concussion...and now what happens to the recovery window? Does it extend to 2-3 years? We actually don't know. But this is one theory behind combat sport athletes with the "glass jaw". Perhaps, after not taking care of previous concussions, they have put themselves in a perpetual state of vulnerability where everything just knocks them out now. Again...not much evidence but rather a theoretical framework. This scenario doesn't apply however to most patients who are non athletes worried that every time they bump their head it's another concussion. It's not likely.
@@CompleteConcussions THANK YOU for reading and replying to my long-winded question. I really appreciate it! It means a lot.
I hit my head lightly the other day (standing up after bending down to pick something up under a desk) . I thought nothing of it in the moment but a few minutes later I saw some "stars" for a second and then, a few hours later, I got a headache and sensitivity to light.
I thought that it was almost impossible that I actually concussed myself from a relatively light hit but the familiar symptoms from my previous concussions are back. I just don't know what to think. My neurologist doesn't know if it was a concussion either or just enough of a jolt to "trigger" underlying migraines, inflammation, what have you. He's basically recommending what you say: rest, light exercise as tolerated, and supplements.
Thanks again for the reply
@@petersoukup1980 Im the exact same way man. Dealing with the same shit. Vision gets worse, headaches all from bumps other people will be fine from. Went to different clinics and nuerologists for the same thing.
@@marcobenedetto1668 what have they told you?
This is great! Are you able to share some of the research supporting what you mention in the video?
You need to be more specific on what you want to see the research on. He did show some stats but I agree, I’d like to see more studies on why this population of patients end up getting hits to the head much easier even when they are not a sports player or a person getting into a bar brawl. They could just be a normal regular human, living your life because even in living and being normal, we will eventually get bumped and hit. Any daily activity could be a risk, driving, slip in the shower, falls etc
Have you ever done a video on antioxidant supplement like glutathione for concussion recovery? A few studies are interesting.
Why is it that no other stressor increased my symptoms aside from getting hit in the head again? I went from being able to handle a pretty high cognitive load and nothing got in the way of that, to hardly being able to handle getting out of bed to grab a drink of water without feeling extremely disoriented after a somewhat mild bump to the head. I’d really like to believe all of this, but it just doesn’t seem to be the case for me. There are times i’ve hit my head in the past and it did end up being something that only increased my symptoms temporarily, for 24 hours or less (got kicked in the head at a concert, a friend goofing off accidentally kicked me in the head). But this feels extremely different.
Also, when I hit my head I originally thought to myself “there’s no way this is a new concussion, it must just be an increase in symptoms” but as the week went on the more I did the more I drastically backtracked until I became bedridden again. Which feels much more in line with the stages of a new concussion for me.
@@terrasmith1843 because different stressors affect people differently. Some people can't handle cognitive load and that sets them back. Others are fine with it and minor bumps do them in. If your nervous system is overactivated and sensing danger (this is related to the autonomic and inflammatory side of the equation...and some anxiety/PTSD elements), then a little bump is likely going to trigger this. It's just not physically possible to cause a concussion without a tremendous amount of force. A concussion is the result of brain cells stretching - it needs a lot of force to stretch them to the point of excitation.
@@terrasmith1843 I'm in the same boat as you. Have bumped my head hard-ish 6 times throughout the years, after my first concussion in 2016. I always thought I was just getting more concussions because the symptoms were exactly the same and lasted just as long as my first. But I always thought a 'normal' person (meaning a person who was never concussed in their life) would consider this just a hard bump to the head and nothing more. After healing from each hit to the head, I was able to function just fine at work, life, music, sports, etc. It's just when I hit my head, I am bedridden and disoriented for about 2 weeks. Sometimes a few symptoms last longer too. I wish I knew how to handle this but I don't really know where and how to start fixing the bottom pillar (ie mindset, nervous system, etc). I guess I need to do more research.
You could still have neck issues that have not been treated. Watch the other videos, your sympathetic system may be in overload, your body in inflammation because of your diet…..
This is super helpful. Question for you…what do you think the g-force / rotational velocity is of standing up and hitting the top of your head on a piece of concrete? I stood up and hit my head on a concrete overhang in my apartment building’s garage. Felt all the usual concussion symptoms but I’m thinking that it’s likely just anxiety etc. rather than 70+gs. What do you think?
Hi sir, I was hit in the right ear by a freekick from very close and it definitely gave me a whiplash style concussion. I lost consciousness for just a quick second but was able to recover quickly. For a couple weeks now my head has been hurting when I got out and just run after about 20-30 minutes. How long should I still be concerned about this? I have a season coming up for soccer
what are some basic things we can do to recover?
Thank you for your comprehensive explanations! But I wonder whether this applies to both immediate and delayed symptoms? I often get a headache after doing exercise, but when I bump my head lightly, I will instantly have a specific lightheaded and fluttered feeling for a brief moment. I usually think the later is a very mild concussion while the former is just a flare up of symptoms.
If you are having headaches from exercise, you're doing it wrong (more as an FYI - this will hold back your recovery...so you gotta learn how to do this properly). As for the small bumps - these are not "very mild concussions" because there is no such thing. A concussion requires enough force to stretch the neurons enough to cause their channels to become pulled open. Small bumps could not do this. The issue here is that the symptoms of concussion look exactly like the symptoms of a bunch of different things (neck issues, anxiety, autonomic issues, etc.). These issues can flare for various reasons including stress, minor impacts, etc. So the symptoms you are experienced are likely just flares in these other issues because you have unaddressed underlying physiologic issues - which also fits because you get symptomatic with exercise (this points to an autonomic dysregulation likely)
Thank you for your answering.@@CompleteConcussions
Hi there! This video has really helped me in the past few weeks since I've found it, so I want to thank you for that. I have a question about walking. When I get "snagged" on something and suddenly get pulled back while walking (I'm a pretty speedy walker, around 3-4mph) like a coat stuck on a hook, or carrying a suitcase that gets stuck in the street, I find that it really jerks me and sets me back into a cloud of fogginess. I'm wondering if you know whether or not that rapid deceleration while walking is enough to cause a concussion, like it is for much faster car crashes? I know this is a bit specific, so thanks in advance for your time!
Hi there - not likely high enough for another concussion however there are a few things that could be going on:
1. Your nervous system is in a state of hyperarousal - so it's sensing danger everywhere. A little jerk like that feels like impending injury to your nervous system - so it kicks into fight/flight and symptoms emerge. Or
2. You have neck dysfunction that is driving your symptoms and these jerks are causing the neck to react and tense up and the symptoms come on.
It's just a sign that there is work to do! Google Concussion Fix, read some reviews, see what you think :)
I have pcs and got hit in the head will a volleyball that was spiked. It was from about 30 feet. Could this have caused a concussion, or due to past concussions could it be this kind of situation
What exercise can I do to improve my vision (symptom is that it looks like clouds and objects are moving away, but they arent moving at all)
would getting knocked off your feet and hitting a cinder block on the fall be enough G's to cause a concussion?
8 weeks ago, my 16 year old son had a concussion playing futsal (4th concussion) ( at 6 year old, 7 year old, 13 year old and now at 16).
We used one of the affiliated CCM affiliated clinic to treat him. He was symptom free within a couple of weeks and and then resumed to full contact soccer after 6 weeks after passing exertion test at said CCM clinic.
Eight week after the fourth concussion, while playing competitive soccer, he received an elbow to his jaw. He reported being dizzy for a few minutes, subsequently missed an open net in very clumsy fashion.
After game, broke out in tears, said his head and upper eyeball was hurting on the side where his jaw was hit and had glossy red eyes. Came back from locker 15 min after a shower and seemed almost fine with no head aches except for blank stare that lasted for another 30 min or so. He went back to school the next day for half a day. Did his homework that night with nothing unusual to report except that he seemed to struggle with eye focus while reading. He went back to bed early. He was back in school full time 48 hrs after the incident. He has reported waking up at night more often than usual but otherwise appears to be coping up well with the workload.
Should the blow to his jaw be treated as a fifth concussion or could this be a case where symptoms flare up from the fourth concussion as discussed in your video?
Finally I will say that his jaw presents minor swelling and is still tender after 96 hours.
I guess I am wondering if the blow received might have been powerful enough for a concussion which I believe could be the case. I also wonder if a fifth concussion should mean the end of his soccer ´career’?
This video is pertaining to people who are having relapses in symptoms with vry minor hits (bumping on a counter, hitting a pothole while driving, etc.). This video is not talking about athletes who are getting elbowed in the face. I think you have to treat this as another concussion just to be on the safe side. As far as how many concussions is too many? We don't have a number. It comes down to a clinical decision based on a number of factors. Your CCMI clinic is likely the best resource to lean on!
@Dchatbot 5 This may potentially explain your symptoms I reccommend watching it in full length th-cam.com/video/QQZGde7pcik/w-d-xo.html
I accidentally was pulling up my vacuum leaf blower from the vacuum and hit my head again so that it shook it slightly with a little bit of force. My first one was 1 week and 5 days ago by riding my bike downhill and hitting a stationary car. Is this a second concussion or would this not be enough force? Help I’m worried 😢
What about a small stick falling from a tree hitting your head?
@completeconcussionmanagement didn’t you say if you have a history of concussions less force is required to trigger a concussion? Wouldn’t the force threshold be different?
only in the first couple weeks
Thank you so much. Of course this is very subjective and hard to gauge, but do you think a volleyball spike hitting my head from about 20-30 feet could have produced enough force ?
I had one major concussion in 2011. Sucker-punched. Completely blindsided. Serious whiplash, luckily I landed on my elbow before my head hit the sidewalk.
Mid-2014: Fell off my bike and did a very controlled tuck and roll. Didn't even think I touched my head, but it brought back symptoms for a month or so.
Late 2016. Trunk of my car landed on the back of my head. Total fluke. The symptoms hit me about 5 days after the impact.
I miss playing hockey. But, even going to a barber gives me terrible anxiety.
I just want to play pick up hockey with the fellas and not live my life scared. It's not a contact league but. . you're right.. I think I'm standing on the edge of a cliff.
Hey Jeff,
I’ve been dealing with similar issues. I got a concussion 5 months ago and every little bump or jolt to the head seems to send me back. I have the exact same issue with the barber thing actually. How are you doing now?
Going to barber? Why it scares you guys
Doctor, I have found that when rock climbing/bouldering, jumping off the wall and onto the ground seems to bring back some symptoms for me. I used to think I was getting mini concussions but now I’m thinking that it is not the case based on the video. While I clearly need some rehab, do you think it is ok to return to this activity during rehab even if it is causing symptoms?
most likely issue here is functional instability in your neck. When you land and your head jostles, if your neck is not stabilizing properly, this can cause same symptoms as concussion.
I have a question, having post-concussion syndrome makes me more likely to have another concussion with a less severe blow even if it has already passed long since my initial injury?
Did you watch the video? I answer this exact question!
@@CompleteConcussions Yes, I did see it but I wrote this question when I started to see it haha thanks
@@es15-javi 😂 jumped the gun :)
I had a concussion back in September of 2021. On Day 16 of recovery, I was a grocery store and bumped the side of my head on a shelf when bending down to pick up an item. Up until them, it seemed like my symptoms had almost completely gone away, but after this happened I felt re-concussed quite quickly afterwards. What is the possibility here, given the fact that I was on day 16 of my recovery, that this incident could have given me a second concussion, even tho the “hit” itself would not have been forceful enough to give an “initial” concussion?
@ Brendon PoorThis may potentially explain your symptoms I reccomend watching it in full length th-cam.com/video/QQZGde7pcik/w-d-xo.html
Did you get a concussion. This happened to me
Can i continue doing the weight lifting if my visual symptoms are still present after 3 weeks? The thing is that I know i have a neck hernia and i don't know if i got concussed or if it was a whiplash. I received a blow to the back of my head during a light sparring session, didn't feel like a hard one for sure. But for the next 2 weeks my energy levels dropped and i had all the visual symptoms, did not have nausea though. After the symptoms went away i performed at a live show and drank alcohol and they came back and it f-d up my sleep. The symptoms are definitely not as severe as they were at the start but i want to get back to my weight lifting.
Weight lifting generally isn't the way to start with an exercise program however if it is not provoking your symptoms, then it may be ok...but the big thing here is to get your vision issues checked out to see what is going on!
So I’m curious about tingling in the head? Why does that happen after a concussion and what can you do about it
Tingling is not a typical concussion symptom - main causes to look into would be irritation/inflammation of the nerves that supply sensation to the scalp (the location of the tingling will help you figure this out), however often this is moreso driven by anxiety.
Dr. M, I overall respect your content. Id like to express a few concerns in regards to the video, which I did appreciate.
Having listened to this in its entirety, it seems as though a lot of this is put back onto the person with pcs which from my personal experience they 💯 really do not have that kind of control. This is not a physiological injury.
They would get beck to their normal self’s in a heartbeat if they could. Tbi’s are serious and complex injuries .
Additionally, who’s to say the minor hits aren’t enough for the concussed or pcs patients to re- injure them? The jury is still out, no? These people are definitely not the majority and controlled studies don’t get run on them. They are in an extremely unique subset.
I don’t believe we have enough supporting evidence to say either or. The set backs symptoms are extremely concerning and debilitating none the less.
Lastly, how is it not brought up that even though headers, hockey checking, and boxing hits.etc regardless of their 18-20(+) g’s, that going through any of that is highly warranted to be in the subconussive category and is highly advised to abstain or avoid the sport all together till a specific age?
Hi Lisa - there are a few comments to make here. The evidence that we do have points to there not being a reduced threshold for injury for those who've been concussed previously or who hav PCS. If you understand concussion injury, you'd understand why this is. In order to get a concussion, the neurons have to undergo a significant stretching/sheering - this only happens at higher G-Forces. This we do have quite extensive research on. So no, minor hits are not reconcussing people. Second - subconcussive impacts are also kind of a made up term with no known threshold for injury or evidence of damage. It is purely a theoretical concept at this point in time - this is why I didn't mention it. This is in no way putting everything back on to the person with PCS and I'm not sure how you took that from this video...the fact is that PCS is caused from 5 main things (Autonomic Dysregulation, Inflammation/gut/hormones, visual/vestibular dysfunction, neck issues, and psychological issues (mood, anxiety, PTSD, etc.)) - these issues can trigger concussion-like symptoms in ppl without concussions. People with PCS already have dysfunction in one or more of these areas...these impacts can act like stressors that challenge these dysfunctions further. If you want to believe this is damaging your brain, go for it, but so far the evidence does not support that. And, after working with thousands of PCS patients, this can be fixed so that it stops happening simply by addressing the 5 underlying drivers.
@@CompleteConcussions Thank you for clarifying. As a whole, if concussion isn’t resolving, just extremely concerning. Ex: If a person with PCS has POTS( dysautonomia) which is and ANS issue, and POTS can not be cured then I’m not sure how PCS, can start to be resolved .
@@lisachristinaconfirmed5067 POTS is just extreme autonomic dysregulation and is also a treatable condition. So you start with treating the POTS to better regulate the autonomics...that's bottom of the pyramid stuff
@@CompleteConcussionsif your brain has already been concussed, isn’t it possible that the neurons aren’t fully back to normal after shearing has occurred and therefore the threshold for future concussions is reduced?
@@SkiingIsBelieving859 it's possible and that is a theoretical framework, however the evidence that we currently have does not support this theory. The evidence that we currently have suggests that repeat concussions occur at the same g-forces as first time concussions.
Is it possible to be do concussed by a
we don't actually know...
@@CompleteConcussions thank you for the reply, I didn’t expect there would be a concrete answer to that question. In your opinion, however, could a slap to the face (probably ~15gs) cause another concussion? I have recently suffered two concussions (6 and 2 weeks ago respectively) and am worried an accidental slap to the face I received a few days ago may have caused a third. Symptoms from my second concussion had somewhat subsided and since the slap they have gotten worse. What I cannot tell, however, is if the symptoms were caused by the slap or if this is just a natural progression of symptoms. Thank you again.
Did you get another concussion? I accidentally hit my head two weeks after my first concussion? Pls help😢
How many gs does it take to get a goose egg on your head? I’m 4 months out from a mild concussion and still dealing with symptoms. Recently I’ve been able to do things as normal besides still having some noise sensitivity and light sensitivity. The other day I arrived at work and banged my head on this mental beam. I just walked into it and I got a bruise on my head. It flared up some symptoms so I was kinda scared I reconcussed myself but I refuse to believe the impact was hard enough. Pre concussion I’ve hit my head much harder with no injury.
@ Marie-Claire ShepherdThis may potentially explain your symptoms I reccomend watching it in full length th-cam.com/video/QQZGde7pcik/w-d-xo.html
"goose eggs" have nothing to do with acceleration/g-forces. The are due to focal impacts and swelling under the skin. Example - if you get hit in the head with a small rock with a good amount of speed, it will likely cause a goose egg where the impact was...BUT, it likely wouldn't have enough mass to actually move your head significantly and accelerate your brain. Acceleration is the whipping of the head after impact.
I have very bad concussion anxiety. Dealing with feeling a bunch of little otherwise normal things can give me a concussion. Its awfuly and exhausting. My gf elbowed me in the head last night while she and i were sleeping. Woke up from it and wasnt able to get back to sleep probably because of the stress of it. Do you think something like that is hard enough to cause something, m
did you watch the video or naw...
Of course yeah just wondering / concerned if a elbow to head could be enough to cause something. Even If it was an unintentional bump while sleeping. I know your probably annoyed by answering questions like that but my anxiety always gets the best of me.
My biggest question: is when I take a small bump and all my symptoms come back for a couple weeks, what kind of damage is that inflammation doing to my brain compared to a concussion?
No evidence that it does any....chronic inflammation can cause issues though. It's not the bumps that are the issue - it's the chronic inflammation so address that!
does shaking your head with your head back and forth or up and down can cause a concussion?
If hard enough, it's possible
@CompleteConcussions That's what they had me do at vestibular therapy and I thought there was a risk of another concussion but they said no. Yet I have felt awful since doing the therapy.
Hello, I have some questions . I have suffered pcs for a long time and in December I had a not so strong blow to the head about 20 g approximately and I felt terrible for several weeks and even new symptoms such as dizziness and vertigo appeared, I saw a neurologist and he told me that pcs causes a low tolerance threshold and that keeps the brain in a vulnerable state and more prone to injury than someone who doesn't have pcs. And my questions are: Doesn't PCS mean that the brain hasn't recovered yet and it's easier for it to get injured? Does new symptoms appear and it took several months for me to feel better does that mean it was a new concussion or did previous symptoms get worse? Why are there some neurologists on youtube who affirm the opposite of you? Your help would be very useful to me doctor, so that I can better understand how this works Thank you, god bless you.
There is absolutely no evidence that PCS lowers the tolerance threshold. There is evidence however that PCS is driven by a few key factors that are susceptible to causing the same SYMPTOMS. Example: one driver of PCS is autonomic dysregulation - we are stuck in fight or flight and this affects our ability to tolerate exercise, cognitive stimulation, etc. Fight/flight means that our nervous system perceives danger everywhere. A small bump then further off-sets this and symptoms get worse...was it another concussion? No. It's just driving the nervous system hyperarousal. Another one - inflammation. Your inflammatory cells are on high alert after concussion - if you don't do the work to shut them off, they stay on high alert and can reactivate at a moments notice. Your story points to the fact that you still have one or more systems that are out of whack. This is what causes PCS and also what causes setbacks with any future minor impact. I would recommend you check out the Concussion Fix program - which is is system that walks people with PCS through exactly how to reverse these issues in a step-by-step process: concussiondoc.io/offer/the-concussion-fix/
@@CompleteConcussions OK, thanks for your help and for answering.
So, does this mean that boxers that suffer concussions, after proper recovery and making sure they have fully healed the concussion, may return to sparring without an increased concussion chance than normal? That's pretty good news, i had concussions as a child and was afraid to try boxing because of the "one concussion leads to more" statement on medical sites. Its like 5 years ago since my last concussion
@Pettski What do you think of this th-cam.com/video/QQZGde7pcik/w-d-xo.html
Please refrain from using God's Holy Name I vain... speak it prayerfully, only. Thanks so much. Your content is so pertinent
This is super helpful. Question for you…what do you think the g-force / rotational velocity is of standing up and hitting the top of your head on a piece of concrete? I stood up and hit my head on a concrete overhang in my apartment building’s garage. Felt all the usual concussion symptoms but I’m thinking that it’s likely just anxiety etc. rather than 70+gs. What do you think?