Hi all,

Had PCS for three months now. The symptoms have not been improving at all. Anyways, yesterday I got a stupid idea and started shadow boxing. After one uppercut in the air, I could feel my head/brain jolt so I stopped. After that I started feeling increasing fatigue, brain fog, dizziness and other symptoms. Is it possible that I got a new concussion from this?

Absolutely not!

Thank you. It sure feels like it. I'm totally wiped out. I did shadow box for a minute before I felt that it might be a bad idea..

LostSoul, You say you have had PCS for 3 months.

Can you tell us some details about the impact and your diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, self-treatment, and timeline?

No, shadow boxing did not cause a concussion.

You should get the idea of boxing out of your mind. Boxing is all about damaging brains.

Hit back of my head into cabinet. Immediately got dizzy, fatigued, headache and brain fog Continued like this ever since then. During the first months I was resting a lot and not working. Lately, I have started to work 25% again. Not going that well, fatigue and brain fog getting in the way. Since yesterday I have had severe headache, motion sickness, extreme fatigue and nausea. I cannot turn my head slowly without getting extremely dizzy.. Can barely walk..

Have you had a vestibular assessment? A bump like that can dislodge the inner ear crystals that help with balance. The resulting vestibular over stimulation can cause a serious fatigue problem.

Muscle spasms behind the ears with tenderness at the bony spots behind the ears can cause headaches.

Any forward impact of the head from behind can disrupt the proper position of the skull on C-1 and C-2. It only take 5 Gs to injure this joint. It takes 60 Gs to cause a concussion.

80% of concussion like symptoms are from this upper neck trauma.

A vestibular assessment should be a high priority.