Concussion symptoms are influenced by your pre-injury health.

This truly is an interesting pattern that emerges in the patients that work together with me. When discussing your most prominent symptoms, we find that you actually struggled with these symptoms before - the concussion has just brought them to the forefront. The research strongly supports this in the areas of headaches, anxiety, and depression. So, while no one PLANS for a concussion - it would serve us to optimize our current health status as a buffer to any potential concussion symptoms. Better physical fitness, sleep, diet, etc... can all impact your concussion/PCS recovery.