POST-CONCUSSION SUPPORT
Post concussion syndrome (PCS)
Loch Broom Neuro Yoga offers sessions to improve PCS symptoms.
BESPOKE 1:1 SESSIONS
Have you had a fall, a head injury or whiplash? Are you experiencing concussion symptoms that haven’t gone away such as headaches, nausea, fatigue, dizziness, inability to focus/concentrate, light and noise sensitivity, poor problem solving and decision making, and inability to multitask? You could be suffering from Post Concussion Syndrome. If you have been following medical advice and your concussion symptoms have not improved then Alice could be able to help you through her bespoke 1:1 sessions.
HOW THE SESSIONS WORK
A treatment programme tailor-made to your experiences and needs.
We meet to make an initial assessment and then work together to begin a treatment programme tailor-made to your experiences and needs. We will identify a series of movement and cognitive tasks in session together that you will then work on independently between sessions. At each subsequent session we will review progress and adjust your programme as you improve and work towards achieving your goals.
IN PERSON OR ONLINE
Alice offers these 1:1 sessions either in person local to Lochbroom or online.
TESTIMONIAL
Brain Injury Recovery with Alice by Zoë
“I got blown over on a frozen loch and hit my head. Then I got concussion. I spent a lot of time lying down in a quiet dark room trying to alleviate my symptoms. I felt sick, my head ached, I couldn’t concentrate, I couldn’t read even, sound and light hurt, I was always dizzy. I was struggling to work out where to start with the most basic tasks. I saw a specialist who told me rest was my new friend and that the more time that went by, the less likely I was to see any improvements so I should learn to adapt to my acquired disability. Years passed with me living a very reduced life and, while contrary to the specialist’s prediction, I was improving, it was very, very slow.
Eventually I started to do a yoga class with Alice. To begin with it was a real challenge to move my head around much at all and I would be wiped out for the rest of the day and sometimes the next too but still somehow it felt good and right and needed. It felt like I was teaching my body and mind how to move again.
Alice is so brilliant at making the yoga she does accessible for everyone whatever your current range of movement happens to be. There is so much depth to the yoga that she practices and in particular I found the regular work on the vestibular system was doing wonders. I then found out that Alice offers individual targeted sessions, and at the same time that some brain specialists are taking the opposite approach to rest as treatment and seeing significant success even years after the initial injury. So I began regular weekly 1:1 sessions with Alice and it has been nothing short of miraculous to see how much I have improved.
Alice has supported me with such amazing skill, care and compassion to find a way through to a fuller life again. I am so immensely grateful to her for bringing such hope and determination to what was a very bleak outlook. I heard recently that it’s not what happens to you that matters but how you recover and with Alice’s expertise and guidance I have made a full recovery and in fact I’m now a more sure physical presence in the world than I have ever been. So if you are struggling with anything movement related I would urge you to seek Alice’s help. I feel so grateful to have connected with her and to have benefited from all her body wisdom that has quite literally changed my life.”
FOUR SYMPTOM DOMAINS
Common post concussion syndrome (PCS) symptoms include:
Post-Concussion Syndrome can literally disrupt everything—balance, coordination, focus, and even your ability to trust your own movement. PCS is simply defined as at least 3 concussive symptoms that persist for longer than the “normal” course of recovery. Generally, symptoms that persist beyond 3 months are characterised as PCS. Current estimates are that 5%–30% of people who suffer a concussion will experience some form of PCS.
Physical
- headache
- dizziness
- light and noise sensitivity
- nausea
- visual disturbances
Thinking
- brain fog
- slow processing
- trouble concentrating
- short-term memory issues
- inability to multitask
Emotional
- irritability
- anxiety
- mood swings
- feeling low
- changes in personality
- apathy or loss of motivation
Sleep
- too much sleep
- too little sleep
- unable to fall asleep
A DIFFERENT APPROACH
Complete rest is no longer the answer. Recovery isn’t about resting and waiting for things to improve on their own.
For years, people have been told to rest in a dark room until all their symptoms have gone and/or to accept and adapt to the changes. It turns out that prolonged rest actually makes PCS symptoms worse. So if you have been checked by a medical professional and their assessment is that according to their tests there isn’t anything “significant” wrong with you but you are still experiencing symptoms of concussion then these sessions might be for you.