Conditions Helped in Norwood MA - Concussions

A concussion is a traumatic brain injury (TBI) and is often connected to sports injuries, but can happen in many other places. It is most commonly caused by a blow or bump to the head. A vigorous shake or jolt can also sometimes result in a concussion. No matter the cause, a TBI can affect your brain function and everything from balance to memory. Sometimes, the blow or bump didn’t even feel like it could have caused the problem when it happened. Please feel free to contact our Norwood MA chiropractic clinic today to learn more.

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The Rise of Concussions

Concussions have been happening for a long time. They are now much more well-known and researched after (CTE) Chronic traumatic encephalopathy was recognized, and now CT brain scans are being used in combat sports and football. "Getting your bell rung" or "Dings" is no small thing and can have lasting consequences that negatively affect people's daily lives and health.

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Concussion Symptoms

If you have a concussion, very often you'll experience symptoms right away. There are a good number of cases where you don’t see any signs or symptoms until later -- a couple of hours or even days — after the injury.

Common symptoms include:

• Feeling dazed or confused
• Feeling foggy or sluggish
• Difficulty with concentration and memory
• Loss of consciousness
• Nausea or vomiting
• A headache or an uncomfortable pressure in the head
• Depression or not feeling normal
• Mood or personality changes

This falls into the area of head symptoms. The head is the top structure of the body and last stabilizer of your posture. Injuring this top stabilizer can create a significant weakness in your body ability to compensate and share tension.

From a postural and tension point of view, the head gets overwhelmed by being squeezed on by scalp muscles and down by neck muscles. Dr. Smyth calls this hard head syndrome, and it can be felt by him as well as by the patient very often.

Gravity is pushing down on us all, and the body has to resist gravity. The head is the topmost structure of the body. The head is the parking brake, emergency brake, or last straw to stabilize your body's posture. Injuring your head creates a fundamental weakness in your posture and affects how your body deals with gravity and brain function.

The skull is not one bone. It is made of many bones - 6 flat bones (2 temporal, 2 parietal, frontal, and occipital) plus several others, and it has slight movements throughout life called cranial rhythm. The muscles of the skull and neck tighten and harden because the skull is in a weakened state. When the neck and skull tighten enough, the structures and nerves of the head get overwhelmed and cause symptoms.

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The QSM3 Approach In Norwood MA

Your body is very likely in a bad, shifted place, which is causing these symptoms. The QSM3 approach assesses and figures out the underlying stress problem by measuring your body's shifted and twisting postural holding stress pattern. By taking full spine imaging, Dr. Smyth is able to see and analyze your body's structural stress. Then he can start to unwind the holding pattern to reduce the neurological strain on the skull and shift the strain back down the body and away from the head. The head is less overwhelmed and can heal quicker as the tension shifts back down to lower tissues and structures. Concussion symptoms can be chronic and take some time to heal. His goal is to understand the cause of your problem, help you understand the cause, and address it as completely as possible.

He measures your body before and after each visit to evaluate the effect and progress of care so that we can make it as effective as possible for you. The quicker and more we can unshift and untwist your body into a better position, the quicker you will receive the help you are looking for.