No problem for the encouragement, in my opinion, attitude is 75% of recovery process.

Here is his info. Not sure if he can help or not, but he has been around a while in Europe and he is actually a distributer to professionals. So, I'm sure he knows someone in Germany. If there is no one in Germany, you could also go the home training route. If that is the case, you should contact Pete Van Duessen at The Learning Curve. Just google his info and his page will pop up.

Good Luck.


Stephan Odermatt
Brain Center BCB
Bitziusstrasse 4
CH-3360 Herzogenbuchsee
Switzerland
Phone: +41 62 961 65 55

Praxis: www.braincenter.be
Shop: www.neurofeedback-shop.ch
QDS: www.qds-institute.com.

One important thing is this:

In a study of concussions in football in the US, they came to one important conclusion.

The persons experiencing the LEAST serious concussion symtoms and were back to full physical activity the fastest were often those who reported the most persistent symtoms in long term evaluation.

This means that returning to full activity too soon after injury prolonged the healing. The people with more serious concussion symtoms were more careful with returning to full activity and gave their brains more time in the initial healing progress.

I myself had a concussion and then returned after 5 days to snowboarding. After 5 more days of stepping it up I somewhat hit the breakingpoint. This "exhaustion" was the thing that sent me into a serious 2 week of just laying in the bed with increadible fatigue etc...Now Im 1.3 years post injury and still having problems. Im really carefull with excersise.


THis beeing said...Please give yourself more time than oyu thing before returning to excersise.

Take walks in the forest etc..Good for relaxing, releasing endorfines and a somewhat good excersise.

Emil from Sweden

The issue with the football players returning to play is more directly a result of second impact syndrome. The sooner they returned to play, the weaker their brain is at handling a second impact. Some ponder whether there is also a component of depressed motor skills (clumsiness or slowed reactions) from the concussion that predisposes the injured player to the risk of a second concussion.

As for snowboarding, the impacts the brain feels from riding the hill and butt plants that are common to snow boarding could have the same effect as a second concussion. The vibrations of a corduroy snow surface left by the groomers can also manifest as a concussion.

Vibrations can be more easily transmitted to the brain because the vibration wave pattern cannot be absorbed as readily by the spine.

I suffered a concussion from driving down from the ski area on a rutted road. It can be similar to the shaking of a wooden roller coaster.

Hi limitless1.

I have to avoid heat as when I am hot it feels like my brain is burning and get terrible headaches. Before I gave up working I had my aircon in my office set really cold and preferred to have blue hands and feet with my brain kept chilled to any kind of warm headaches when concentrating hard.

Exercise has to have a limit - can not run - shakes my brain but I can walk up to 6 km a day BUT anything over gives me shocking head aches that can only be stopped by the jabs in the rear end at A&E. The headaches are like my brain is being squeezed and my head wants to explode. - the headaches are more to the front of my head. Stress headaches are usually at the back and I realise that they may be caused by the muscles upwards from my shoulders etc.

My blood pressure has been high since my accident - it seems that my "natural" control of it no longer is in place and I have to take blood pressure pills.

I am a memeber of a gym and can do some aerobic and stretching exercises but have to be careful not to push past my limits, I am sure that I may gradually be able to increase my endurance levels burt it will have to be very very carefully done.

Hope this helps

Lynlee