A thirty-year-old woman presented with post-concussion syndrome. She had head pain, neck pain, vision issues, and TMJ. She had difficulty working at home, and her dad drove her everywhere.
Last February, she was watching her niece at a playground, and a rogue swing struck her right temple. She was diagnosed with a concussion and PTSD. She also had a concussion in the same area of her head in 2021.
She had seen many doctors and physical therapists with no significant improvement. She had visited an emergency room four times. Before she stopped all the drugs, she was on eleven different medications, which caused dizziness, nausea, and stomach side effects.
On clinical examination, she had a zero-second brain cycle with her pelvic fascia straining through her trunk into her head. She could feel that she was very tight.
On the first visit she responded well by opening to a 60-second brain cycle. Her fascial web started to release, and her body felt looser when she left.
On the second visit, she said she had experienced three good days and three bad days. I was happy that she responded positively to treatment.
I told her that there would be ups and downs in the next few weeks but that, hopefully, she will have more and more better days than rough days. The goal was to be strain-free and have her nervous system functioning well.
The current medical concussion protocol needs to add our approach. The brain has to breathe—it needs to slowly expand and contract—to function well. The cerebrospinal fluid has to fluctuate throughout the craniosacral fascial system. Restriction of this system can create many concussion symptoms.
A critical factor to consider after having a concussion is the state of this system. How well is the brain moving? How tight is the fascial web? To address the root of the problem, Gillespie Approach Training can help unlock the healing door to restore normal physiology for post-concussion patients.
