I am Melanie Wienhoven and doctors told me I had to learn to live with my debilitating post-concussion symptoms. Refusing that reality, I built my own recovery method and made a full recovery from post-concussion syndrome 6 years after injury. Now, my team and I are on a mission to share hope, tools, expertise and recognition with you, so you can recover much faster than I did. You are not alone!
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I am Melanie Wienhoven and doctors told me I had to learn to live with my debilitating post-concussion symptoms. Refusing that reality, I built my own recovery method and made a full recovery from post-concussion syndrome 6 years after injury. Now, my team and I are on a mission to share hope, tools, expertise and recognition with you, so you can recover much faster than I did. You are not alone!
#15: TBI severity needs to be redefined (Dr. Diaz-Arrastia part 1)
Concussion Stories podcast
22 minutes
3 years ago
#15: TBI severity needs to be redefined (Dr. Diaz-Arrastia part 1)
TBI (traumatic brain injury) severity is currently classified as severe, moderate and mild traumatic brain injury. According to Dr. Ramon Diaz-Arrastia, these severeness levels are misleading.
It is true that severe brain injuries are often life-threatening and they are therefore a severe injury. On the other end of the spectrum, mild traumatic brain injuries (concussions) are expected by people to be mild.
However, about 50% of people with a mild traumatic brain injury have not fully recovered 6 months after injury. There is nothing mild about a concussion.
Dr. Ramon Diaz-Arrastia pleads for changing the way the medical system currently ranks TBI severity. What follows is the transcript of 1 out of 2 Concussion Stories episodes with this outspoken expert involved in leading research on traumatic brain injury.
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I am Melanie Wienhoven and doctors told me I had to learn to live with my debilitating post-concussion symptoms. Refusing that reality, I built my own recovery method and made a full recovery from post-concussion syndrome 6 years after injury. Now, my team and I are on a mission to share hope, tools, expertise and recognition with you, so you can recover much faster than I did. You are not alone!
