64. How to Improve Symptoms on Hard Days (with Dr Jeremy Schmoe)
Hope Survives | Brain Injury Podcast
English - September 16, 2022 13:36 - 47 minutes - 54.7 MB - ★★★★★ - 42 ratingsHealth & Fitness Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
Symptom flare-ups and hard days will happen when recovering from a brain injury / concussion - and it can be exhausting and disheartening. But there are actually things we can do to help, if we learn the right things to check and respond to our brain & body’s signals. Our nervous system is more adaptable than we may think! Dr. Jeremy Schmoe is here to teach us exactly how to help ourselves feel better on those hard days.
Connect with Dr. Schmoe: theFNC.com
0:00 Intro w/Cristabelle
10:00 Introducing Dr. Schmoe
17:00 Your Nervous System can Adapt
18:50 Topic Intro: Keeping Recovery Going
19:50 Check In with Yourself
20:25 Checking Autonomics
22:45 Checking Gut Inflammation
25:10 If Cardio Flares Up Symptoms…
26:00 How to Know if Cardio Will Help
29:45 Checking Vestibular
31:15 Adaptive Exercise
33:00 Checking Eye Movements
34:30 Finding the “Perfect Recipe” For Yourself
36:50 Checking Cerebellum
38:25 Checking Neck
40:40 Checking Dual Tasking
42:15 Learning to Recognize Flare-Ups
45:00 Finding a Good Provider
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