I also fell very hard twice during a freak ice storm we had here in the central Midwest. I know I had some whiplash, and even a bit of a headache, but didn't worry about it too much afterward. I'm determined to take it easier on the ice in the future and even get some yaktrax.

I'm never on here that much anymore, but I'd like to re-iterate that paying attention to and worrying about minor head bumps and falls is likely to make your anxiety about recovery a lot worse, as Mark has often said. This can then extend recovery times exponentially. It happened to me.

I really like the following adage from a mild tbi pamphlet that I saw: "The less you think and worry about your symptoms, the faster they will usually go away."