Hello everyone! I am new here. I am recovering slowly from a concussion (it was actually two blows to the head within a few days of each other). The accidents occurred around the first week of July, so it's been exactly a month now. CT scan was normal but I was having persistent swelling, pain and nausea even after three weeks. Finally I started making progress with rest, acupuncture and craniosacral therapy treatments. I was able to walk again without too much pain or swelling. I was feeling so much improved that a few days ago I decided to try going back to yoga as I have MISSED moving and working my body SO MUCH. The kind of yoga I do is Bikram yoga, which is a series of 26 poses performed in a heated room so that you sweat out toxins in the process. I think the heat wasn't such a good idea, as the day after I felt the swelling coming back and now it's been two days and I am feeling almost as if I'm back to square one. I don't want to get depressed but feel myself slipping into a hole again, as I feel like this is going to take weeks of rest and no sun -- again. I had come so far!!!! And then I pushed it too hard I guess.

My questions are, what's the best way to return to exercising? Has anyone else had problems with heat and swelling? Are you eventually able to go in the sun, and do intense exercise that raises your body temperature and heart rate and lets you SWEAT? I miss sweating! Never thought I'd say that but it's true I just feel so inactive and sedentary and not being able to exercise is depressing me so much.

I want to stay up and positive and hopeful, so I hope to hear from some of you with encouraging words and not the opposite

Much love and many thanks.

Maria