does anyone have any tips on pushing through setbacks? i was basically recovered until getting a ride home and the driver backed up and hit a parked car. i feel like i'm starting all over again and i sometimes don't think i have the strength to do all the vision, vestibular, PT all over again (mental strength). i'm sure many people here can relate... if anyone has been in a similar situation, tell me how you handled it. how did you get yourself to get up everyday and put in all the effort you could into recovery instead of sulking?

i've always been a pretty willful person and have had serious illnesses in the past but have been able to push through and do all that was necessary. i feel like i'm losing steam here.

I'm not convinced that all of the therapies are necessary. There are plenty who will push therapies because they get paid to do it. Therapy is great for injuries where the patient is left unconscious for days or more. I'm not sure that pushing through symptoms is the answer for everyone.

Many have done well with lowering stress and using moderate effort to move forward. It's just different ways to help the brain heal. I spent a lot of time doing short stints of an activity then moving to a different activity with maybe a rest between. It takes a different kind of mental effort that may not be as mentally exhausting.

Just something to think about.

Good point.

My question is really more: how does one get oneself to get off the couch and do something other than watching TV? I don't seem to have energy to do anything. In previous bouts with serious illness I could simply will myself to do it but with PCS I can't seem to gather the strength. I feel like I'm in a rut and I can't lift myself out.

I'm sorry you're feeling this way. Do you think you're dealing with depression at the moment? Feeling depressed about the set backs and how difficult it is right now to motivate yourself?

Maybe you could make a plan. Get a little whiteboard and divide up the days. Sometimes just seeing it there can be motivation. Make sure you give yourself quiet time too.

If for some reason you can't do something one morning or one afternoon, then don't beat yourself up about it. Just try to do something productive for your wellbeing each day and see how you go from there.

i think i am likely depressed - i like the idea with the whiteboard. i tried to create a schedule for myself but found that i would start deviating more and more. the deviation would upset me and i'd give up on the whole thing.

i'm not sure how to really deal with not being able to do very much and i'm not really sure that anything i do helps my recovery. i take the vitamins that people talk about here and eat healthy, don't smoke or drink. my inability to affect my own outcome is very difficult to swallow.

A rehab specialist who spoke at our Brain Injury Support Group this month said it is imperative that we start our recovery by accepting where we are as the new "Me." Then, we work forward from there. It we look at ourselves as broken and less than we were, our brains continually produce stress chemicals resulting in depression, anxiety, slowed recovery and more. He stressed that we need to start from the new "Me" and appreciate each small improvement.

Focusing on the pre-injury person will constantly leave us in a less than optimal state for recovery.

Suggestion; Research Atlas Orthogonal Upper Cervical Care chiropractic practitioners. **

Also, Dr. Elster, Maui, HI

Chances are when you turn your head far to each side you have a crunching sensation meaning your skull is partially turning in the top of your atlas vs. your skull and your atlas turning together with the atlas pivoting on what is below the atlas thereby allowing the bottom of your atlas to be a "washer" with smooth pivot's.

Do you research. It will pay off. You had a trauma event.

Happy Jack,

Welcome to NeuroTalk.

This thread has been dormant since March 2015 although injuredbutrecovering is still around.

We have mentioned upper cervical chiro many times, both NUCCA and Atlas Orthagonal. It helps some but does not help others.

What has your experience been with it?

How are you doing ?

Is there anything we can do to help you with concussion issues ?

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