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Old 10-25-2018, 06:47 PM #1
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So i was walking up the stairs outside towards my church when suddenly my foot slipped and i fell back down 2 stairs landing hard on my feet. I think my head was jarred and jolted pretty good.

So what do you guys think, whiplash head trauma, sub concussive, nothing at all, anxiety?

I think i feel a little nauseous and have a bit of a slight headache around my left eye.
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Old 10-29-2018, 09:30 AM #2
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Really starting to panic guys. This happened four days ago now and ive been feeling terrible. Been feeling weak and sick, my head is heavy and aching, my eyes feel sore and strained.

This is honestly the worst I've felt in a long time and i dont understand what's happening since the trip on the stairs seemed so insignificant, i would've not have even given it a second thought had it happened 2 years ago.

What do i do guys? Im pretty scared i really cant handle a new injury, im in the middle of a semester and i need my brain for school, this is awful.


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So i was walking up the stairs outside towards my church when suddenly my foot slipped and i fell back down 2 stairs landing hard on my feet. I think my head was jarred and jolted pretty good.

So what do you guys think, whiplash head trauma, sub concussive, nothing at all, anxiety?

I think i feel a little nauseous and have a bit of a slight headache around my left eye.
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Old 10-29-2018, 03:51 PM #3
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Like you, I can be utterly destoyed for a few weeks by a hard joltime from my own footsteps. BUT--know that in dealing with this problem myself, even the worst jolts have NEVER caused permanent harm as far as I can tell. I always come back to baseline after a few weeks at most. And if anything, I've gotten better over time.

I'm sure you've seen this advice before, but I strongly recommend that you try an anti-inflammatory diet. It has helped me considerably.

At the moment I am trying to investigate the long-shot possibility that this sensitivity is caused by a CSF leak.

I have also considered trying to gather a bunch of testimonies about this issue and bring them to the attention of some doctors who research concussions. I dobut that this would benefit us within any reasonable timeframe, but clearly people will keep suffering from this problem until someone gets to the bottom of it.

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I've had this bad habit since I was a child. Even as a grown adult I still have the dumb habit of racing up and down stairs at home like I did as a kid. And predictably I'll trip several times per year doing it. Tonight I was running at a sprint's pace upstairs in a hurry as I forgot something on the way out the door and missed the top step, so I caught my toe on the edge of the stair; fell forward and landed on my hands, with my head getting jerked back into my traps/shoulders region.

Is it really tough to get a concussion this way without a direct blow to the head? People talk of injuries where the head does not come in direct contact with an object and still receiving a concussion. Would it take a pretty severe 'whipping' style motion from a trip to do permanent damage?

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It would take a sudden stop against an object/oncoming car in a car with the shoulder strap of the seat belt holding your chest to create enough whip action to cause a concussion. This would also cause a chest and neck injury.
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