It may help to hear that others have recovered and what steps they took during their recovery but the focus on how others have recovered misses the point. Everyone is different. Every recovery is different. Most who claim to have recovered to 100% are not aware of the many areas where they have not recovered. None of them HAVE recovered 100%. They may claim to have and even be able to play at high levels despite they lingering damage.

Every one of them is putting their brains at serious risk of much more devastating lifetime damage.

The sports community has a very narrow view of recovery. It is all about the game and the money to be made. There is a very high disregard for the long term effects of their concussions.

Here in Idaho and in many other states, the NFL is leading the charge in getting new laws passed that put in place better safeguards and reporting and diagnostic procedures for youth football players. The NFL knows how concussions limit the availability of some of the best athletes to continue playing into the professional levels. They know that any efforts to prevent concussions and require proper long term recovery time creates a better chance of those athletes being able to complete careers at the professional level.

The NFL has a long list of former players who have died young from dementia or suicide as they despair over their deteriorating condition.

They are even aware enough to kill themselves while saving their brains to be studied by the Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy (CSTE), at the Boston University School of Medicine, in cooperation with the Sports Legacy Institute co-founded by Harvard football player Chris Nowinski. See http://www.bu.edu/cste/about/leadership/chris-nowinski/

The research into the long term damage and risks from concussions dates back to the 1970's but has been ignored until recently.

Those who are looking for help to recover so they can go back to the activity that caused their concussions are asking the wrong people for advice. There are already too many with Multiple Concussion Syndrome.

But then, nobody is stopping anybody from getting another concussion and ruining their life and becoming a burden to those who will need to take care of them.