Concussion Recovery: Dealing With Setbacks
Everyone has setbacks. They’re frustrating. They can be even more frustrating if you feel as though you’ve made progress with your recovery. Then all of a sudden you have a bad day or a few bad days and it seems that you lose ground. That is discouraging, to say the least. Maybe it’s depressing for [...]
Announcing: Amazo Awards!
There’s nothing easy about a concussion recovery. It can progress in inches, or seem to. A slow process, for sure. I also think that you may not always notice positive changes and progress that occurs because it can be so slow. Other times, it’s very obvious. For me, being able to swim a length in [...]
Story: as yet untitled
Long ago, ten years actually, I enrolled in a fiction writing certificate program at the UW. And wrote some short stories. Yesterday, I started thinking about how it’s good to sometimes step away from a concussion and look at everything else going on. That’s what I was thinking when I posted an item on my [...]
Let Your Concussion Go
Be light. Be airy. Let the concussion flow through your life. Like the wind on a warm summer’s day. Let it go …. around under above through Let it go …. past If you find a wall, a block find a moment, a success no matter how small. Grab [...]
4 Mobile Apps for Concussion Recovery
Concussion can result in numerous symptoms. It turns out that there are a number of mobile device apps that you can download. Some help with tracking, some may alleviate symptoms, and others might just help move recovery along. Here are a few that I’ve found. Headache Headache is either the top symptom of concussion or [...]
Noise as Cause of Concussion Symptoms: the Case for Further Study
Noise is a key factor in concussions and affects recovery. I’m convinced of it. The more I research it, the more sure I am that it’s a major factor to look at in-depth. In this post, I’m pulling together information from many sources that show how noise creates symptoms that are attributed to concussion. Check [...]
Concussions Post-Injury: Noise as Cause of Symptoms
It’s no secret that one of the symptoms commonly related to concussion is sensitivity to sound. What may have previously been an acceptable sound level now is unbearable, painful, and causes more symptoms – usually immediately. I’d like to assert that post-injury, sound crosses the threshold: it becomes noise. It becomes a cause. Noise is [...]