#13: Resting Your Brain After Concussion (Professor McCrea)

Concussion Stories podcast

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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.

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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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