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Originally Posted by Mark in Idaho
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At 12 weeks post, I suggest you continue a more stress free life. Try to minimize your head aches with behavior and short, gentle walks. Try walking with foam ear plugs so you can hear your foot plant. The jarring of your foot plant could be causing your head aches, or at least adding to them.
Learning to walk with a softer gait can go a long way in enabling you to resume your walks.
Also, walk a shorter circuit/loop. Multiple half mile loops will allow you to quit before your head ache gets intense. The Buffalo exercise protocol calls for slowly increasing your exercise effort while trying to remain at the bottom threshold of causing a head ache.
Do you mean you used walking as a stress reliever prior to your concussion? If so, it sounds like you like a very stressful life. Stress is by far the worst thing for recovery from a concussion.
Can you do anything to reduce your stress load?
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Hi Mark,
I work in Cardiology and it's a stressful job however the walking helped me deal with that stress. I've been out of work so my stress is minimized. I was also training for the warrior dash which is an obstacle course. On top of that I had quit smoking so walking was a great help. My biggest stressor is my injury. I have more bad days than good and it's frustrating. I go for my physc testing next Monday.
My doctor says I should be back to work in no time...that is so funny to me because the thought of working scares the heck out of me and my anxiety spikes. I was working up to ten hours a day and seeing at least 25 patients a day.
The occupational MD cleared me to go back a week and half after my injury and I did. It was so bad. I cringe when I think about how bad I felt. I want to go back so I feel "normal" again (ha ha ha) but then I realize I'm not who I was before the accident. I was called the energizer bunny and a multi tasking queen. That person left twelve weeks ago. Now I'm dealing with the anxiety and the anger but probably not doing such a good job. My MD tried to give me Ativan but I said no. I'm on the fence now.
I feel lost sometimes and my wonderful husband is supportive but has said he doesn't know how to help me. He knows I'm not dealing with the changes in me very well and he hates to see me in pain on a daily bases.
I think I am my own worst enemy right now and the stress is internal...