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Old 02-04-2016, 05:02 PM
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Originally Posted by JBuckl View Post
Welcome! Sorry to hear about your daughter's concussion.

The best pieces of advice that I can give are these:

*Get on the Vitamin Regimen found at the top of the general forum page. The earlier she gets on these, the better.
*Good diet. Limit (or no) sugar, wheat, artificial flavors/sweetners/colors/preservatives, caffeine, MSG
*Exercise (non-impactful) can be good or bad. Listen to the brain's response. Start small and build up. If exercise helps, great. But if it makes things worse, slow down, or do less. Walking was all that I could do for a while. I remember I started off with walking for about a minute.
*Learn when the brain needs breaks and take them. Pushing through causes symptoms to increase and will delay recovery.

*If she's in school, get accommodations. A Dr.'s note helps with this. I got one from a nurse that worked in a TBI unit.
*Tinted glasses may help with lights. I wear Gamma Ray blueblocker glasses. Found on amazon for about $20. There are better ones out there for light sensitivity like Axon Optics, but they're more expensive.
*Look into vestibular, vision, and syntonic therapies.

It's good you're doing chiropractor. If it's a traditional "twist and pop" chiro, it may be too aggressive for her brain and neck. NUCCA or Atlas Orthagonal chiros are best. Once I finally held the adjustments, my neck relaxed for the first time in a year and a half. My headaches pretty much all disappeared.
I think most of the people on here have had bad luck with neurologists for concussions. Some are good, but most don't know much about brain injuries at all. My neurologist was more focused on the headaches.

I know there is some I'm missing. Hopefully others on here will fill in the missing pieces. Keep us updated!
I forgot to mention the chiro is NOT a twist and pop. I'm driving over an hour twice a week to take her to this precious lady. She spends around an hour with her each time. She keeps her on her back and it "looks like" she's just massaging her neck and then does "real" needle acupuncture. I'm not sure what exactly she's classified as but she's not like ANY chiro I've ever had. All of mine have spent maybe 3-4 mins...crack pop, see ya!
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