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I am Melanie Wienhoven and doctors told me I had to learn to live with my debilitating post-concussion symptoms. Refusing that reality, I built my own recovery method and made a full recovery from post-concussion syndrome 6 years after injury. Now, my team and I are on a mission to share hope, tools, expertise and recognition with you, so you can recover much faster than I did. You are not alone!
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Saturday Apr 23, 2022
Saturday Apr 23, 2022
What to do with the advice to rest your brain after sustaining a concussion? A lot of us still get this advice, and a lot of us are confused about it. Because we notice it doesn’t work, and even leaves us feeling worse than before. Where does this advice come from, and more importantly: what to do with it?
Professor Michael McCrea is an absolute authority on traumatic brain injury (concussions and post-concussion syndrome are traumatic brain injury). He shares from his experience and insight based on 2 massive American research projects involving both civilians and military service members.
Please keep in mind that a concussion is a so-called mild traumatic brain injury. Whenever we say “TBI”, this means traumatic brain injury.
Interview shownotes: https://www.lifeyana.com/brain-rest-concussion/
Free guide: https://www.lifeyana.com/3-ways-to-speed-up-your-concussion-recovery-right-now/
Follow Lifeyana on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thisislifeyana/
Table of contents:
[01:48] Resting your brain after sustaining a concussion
[06:58] Active recovery for concussions
[10:22] Concussion recovery is possible
[16:43] Concussions and mental health
[24:22] Compassionate concussion care
[27:11] Concluding this Concussion Stories episode
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