We have to keep in mind that many who have concussion symptoms will spontaneously get better. The head aches and other head pressure issues are just a small part of PCS. They just happen to be the ones that make day to day and even minute to minute life almost unbearable.

The Buffalo protocol is proven to help with the head aches and head pressure symptoms. The thought is that the blood flow regulating system in the head gets rehabilitated. It is nothing like rehabbing the brain cells themselves.

As lindberg says, activity is good for both depression and head aches. It is also good for sleep. Resolving the head aches and depression can make a big difference in a person's life, especially one of a young person of college age when the brain is still more resilient.

Expecting the Buffalo protocol to resolve cognitive and memory issues that are not part of depression is unwarranted. Unfortunately, the "return to activity" standard of concussion recovery research appears to be hijacking the research into recovering memory and other cognitive abilities.