Why does it matter to know if it was a concussive impact, a sub-concussive impact, or just a head bump? Yes, there are all three types of impacts.

I was working on installing WiFi equipment in my garage and repeatedly bumped my head into the end of the garage door track. I have a welt and laceration. I never considered these bumps to be anything more than annoying.

Your headache was likely due to a rise in blood pressure. that is why it throbbed. You got angry, anxious, annoyed, or any combination. This spiked your BP.


Analyzing these head contacts DOES NOT MATTER.

In fact, analyzing these head contacts is not good. HITS HAPPEN. Check for blood and move on.

There is nothing you can do to change the fact that you made a head contact. There is nothing you can do to treat that head contact unless you get a goose egg or blood. Ice can help the goose egg.

Analyzing these head contacts only FEEDS ANXIETY.