Hello.

I suffered a very minor concussion on Jan. 3rd from a snowboarding fall. It is now 2.5 weeks later.

My question is related to a stress relieving exercise that I do that also helps soothe the scalp and helps with dry skin/itchiness of my scalp:

I plant a hair brush on my scalp, pushing down so the bristles are held in place. I then vibrate the brush forward and back, causing the scalp skin underneath to move back and forth in a rapid/quick pulsed way. The secondary effect of this is that my head vibrates minorly forward and backward. Again, my head barely moves at all in relation to distance, it is mainly the scalp skin moving, but my head does gyrate a just a little. But it is in a quick/pulsed style. I do this for 10 min 2x/day

I showed this to my neurologist and he doesnt think it would be of any concern. He basically just said, if it aggravates any symptoms then I should cut back, but if it didn't then Im good to go. When I did this exercise today, I didn't really notice any aggravation of my symptoms, maybe just some blood rushing to my scalp as I havent done it in a couple weeks.

So my 2 questions:

1) What does everyone think about this exercise in relation to the slight movement it causes when talking about a period after a concussion?

2) For concussions in general, is the individual permanently always more susceptible to minor head movements/gyration, for example from jogging? Any personal experiences with those experiencing or not experiencing this?

Thanks in advance!


*P.S. In case mark from Idaho sees this post, I am looking and open for any input on this. I am hoping our previous conversation doesn't deter from you sharing your wealth of knowledge on concussion related matters. I truly do value your thoughts on these matters and I hope we can move on from any possible quibbles we had. It was just an unfortunate case of miscommunication I think. Hope all is well with you sir.

I don't think the vibration should be any problem. But, it may cause your neck to strain as you attempt to hold your head still. Anything that has caused me to strain/stiffen my neck has been a problem for me.

There is no answer to your second question. Every experience is different. Some will be very sensitive to things like jogging. Others will have no problem what so ever. I try to advise people to learn a soft foot plant so there is less impact. Try jogging with ear plugs in and alter your foot plant to lessen the sound resonating in your head.

I have a very soft foot plant so i have no problem jogging but a ride down a rough road is miserable.

btw, Nothing you said in the past bothers me. Besides, I forget everything too quickly. It has taken me years of repetition to gain the knowledge I have.

Thanks Mark.

So aside from the concern of aggravating symtpoms, you don't think the minor vibration could impair proper healing do you? At the end of th day, as you probably know by now lol, that is my main concern.

Yeah, I have to give a couple test runs to the elliptical/jogging to see how I feel. So far during these 2.5 weeks I have been just power walking.

Thanks again.

If you are concerned about it impairing proper healing, then don't do it. If is causes any symptoms, even a stiff neck, then don't do it.

You are asking questions that do not have definitive answers. Most recovery issues are a risk/benefit analysis with no sure answers.

The elliptical would be much safer than a jogging treadmill.

I understand what you're saying about no definitive answer.

I was just wondering, in your opinion, based on your knowledge and experience, If you felt it might be more probable or less probable for something like this (with little to no exacerbation of symptoms present) to impair healing?

Thanks again

No No No No No

Any post must be 10 characters. Otherwise, I would have just said, No.