Hi,

New to the forum and posting purely in the hope that my brief journey will help someone. I was five weeks in to concussion with several doctors appointments behind me and no course for help or resolution proposed, here's what happened.

Injury & symptoms
Don't judge me, genuinely got punched for no reason by my best mate's brother. Twice in the jaw, he's a big army lad and a bit of a psychopath.

Symptoms were a feeling of fuzziness or dizziness behind the eyes and disorientation. This came and went but generally made me feel awful.

Cure
I saw a physio who worked wonders on my back. Turns out my neck muscles on the other side to being hit were seriously tight and needed releasing. My jaw was also out on this side. This is all linked to the inner ear explaining the disorientation.
I feel better after one half hour massage on the neck and some exercises for increased mobility. I thought the feeling would never go away and doctors were useless. My physio diagnosed in ten minutes then sorted it out immediately.

I had to share this somewhere after trawling the web for answers myself. I hope this is useful to someone and doesn't get lost in the archives next time somebody searches with a similar problem!

L*

Lankstarr,

Welcome to NeuroTalk. I'm glad to hear you are doing better. Many with PCS have neck issues that need treatment. I'm not surprised you improved with the neck and jaw treatment.

Fortunately, very few here have been slugged in the jaw. A few have taken hits to the head sparring or being assaulted. They usually take longer to heal than you did.

Your perception of doctors is common. Many are useless for helping with our injuries.

My best to you.

Hi Lankstarr,

Welcome to NeuroTalk!

Thanks so much for sharing your story!

Ouch! That had to be painful!

Physiotherapists can help a great deal!
I hope you continue to feel better!

To Our Healing,
DejaVu

Glad to hear this didn't turn into long drawn-out struggle with PCS

Thanks all for you kind words. It's been 50% better so hopefully another few sessions will help as well as some simple neck stretches.

L*