Healing the brain post-concussion means different things to different people. On the most basic level, post-concussion brain care is about restoring brain function. The question is; how much healing post-concussion can come from the body’s natural healing and what kind of neurorehabilitation strategies might be required in the form of cognitive recovery methods or neuroplasticity exercises.
To understand this it is important to look at the cause of concussion symptoms. Many post-concussion syndrome symptoms are the result of ongoing brain inflammation. Others may be specific to actual damage to neurons.
Either way, it is important to address neuroinflammation. This allows for the natural healing of concussion as well as increasing the benefits of brain injury rehabilitation through neuroplasticity exercises or cognitive recovery methods.
Guidance after a concussion always includes rest. Sadly, it’s often the only guidance. When symptoms persists, we need to look at the relationship between post-concussion syndrome and cognitive rest. There is an important distinction between overall rest which may be helpful in the first two weeks after a concussion and post-concussion syndrome and congnitive rest. […]
Brain fog after a concussion is one of the most common and long lasting concussion symptoms. The same 3 causes of brain fog are also the roots of many other post-concussion symptoms. When people talk about brain fog, they often just call it fatigue. Brain fog associated with mild traumatic brain injury goes well beyond
