freezer -

Glad to hear you're getting better, bit by bit. I seem to be improving too, but it has been a slow process - literally two steps forward, one step sideways, one step back.

I've been trying to make sense of the rest versus activity conundrum myself. I know a personal trainer who has worked with athletes who have suffered concussions. He says that where the concussion or symptoms are mild, it can make sense to do some light exercise and "push through" the symptoms. The University at Buffalo Concussion Clinic seems to take a similar approach.

On the other hand, the prevailing view seems to be: physical and mental rest until symptom-free, then gradually introduce activities, so long as they don't trigger symptoms. As a respected rehab professor said to me, "the key really is to respect your symptoms, don’t engage in activity that provokes symptoms. That allows the brain to heal and usually decreases the overall length of symptoms recovery time."

I tend to fall in the latter camp. Rest seems to be working for me, albeit very gradually. But I can easily imagine a different approach working for someone else - this seems to be the case with some of the athletes and non-athletes who have participated in the UB program.