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How I got rid of my concussion symptoms after 6 weeks. (small guide)
Hello everyone. I have been concussed 6 weeks ago in kickboxing sparring. I had all the typical symptoms up until about 2 weeks ago. I researched a bit on the internet and experimented with various approaches and I believe that this is what finally healed me up:
-avoid hitting your head again
-healthy nutrition and enough sleep and rest
-avoid hard exercise like heavy weightlifting, until you can do the cardio described below without much problems (doing some push ups, pull ups or pistol squats is ok, just dont shoot up your blood pressure with heavy squats or bench pressing, since that will make your symptoms WAY worse for some days (tried it myself))
-20 minutes of cardio training per day. It is very important that you do this without making your symptoms worse during the exercise. This could mean that you start with cardio around 5 days after the concussion and maybe just go for a light walk without feeling bad. After a few weeks you may be able to start jogging/running. Try to get your pulse a bit higher from session to session without aggravating your symptoms.
-Depending on your specific symptoms, you should do specific exercises for around 15 minutes every day. One of the best are trying to balance on one foot with your eyes closed or focusing on a point on the wall and slowly turning your head while keeping your eyes focused
-try to limit computer/tv/smartphone use. I feel like this made my symptoms much worse in the first few weeks. I would suggest to read a book and limit computer/tv/smartphone to 2 hrs per day maximum
-this may sound a bit ridiculous to most of you but it was a big one for my recovery. Stop masturbating and stop watching porn. Following my concussion I got really depressed and secluded and started ** like 4-5 times a day. This made me feel even worse and I had terrible headaches, depression and felt tired all the time. Here are some studies that go into some details :
Please, just try this out for a week and let me know how you feel. As I´ve said I really believe that this protocoll is what healed me up. If you have anything to add or to criticize, please let me know.
Good luck with your recovery!!!
Note: I had several links (sources for my claims) that I couldnt post, because I dont have enough posts yet
Last edited by Chemar; 06-29-2016 at 09:54 AM.
Reason: ** NT guidelines
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