Wendy,

new symptoms can show up as late as 6 to 8 weeks after the injury. Stressing your brain can makes this even more likely. The injured brain struggles to heal up the injured parts/cells. When it finally gives up trying to heal those areas/cells, it shuts them down and they get absorbed by your body system. This is why good quiet rest is so important to good recovery.

Any yoga positions with the brain lower than the heart can put stress on the brain. They should be avoided.

While I was researching relief from my intractable head aches, I found that some head aches respond to Melatonin. Mine usually respond to aspirin, acetaminophen/paracetamol, or the two combined. This time, nothing gave me relief.

Try some Melatonin. It is easy to take compared to other meds/supplements.

In my research, I have found very few concussion specialists who are any more than sports medicine docs who have pulled together a multi-disciplinary team to grab as much opportunity to bill the entire care of a team. They form this team around the standards set by ImPACT, Head Minder, and other Computerized Neurocognitive Assessment tools. They end up with captive patients who are not allowed to return to play until they have completed the full protocol.

It appears that sports medicine/concussion clinics are the new boutique medical clinics for this decade.

Good brain nutrition is important because the brain usually is damaged in the myelin, axon and glymph tissues. Low stress living and good nutrition allows the tissues to heal.