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Post-Concussion Syndrome: Seeing the Big Picture of Concussion Recovery | E1

Post-Concussion Syndrome: Seeing the Big Picture of Concussion Recovery | E1

January 14, 202545m 10s
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About This Episode

Sophia Bouwens and Dr. Ayla Wolf DAOM discuss their new podcast, "Life After Impact: The Concussion Recovery Podcast" focusing on concussions and brain injuries. Dr. Wolf shares information on her soon-to-be-published book, which includes a 48-question questionnaire to categorize symptoms into eight meaningful categories, such as post-traumatic headaches, cognitive symptoms, vestibular disorders, and visual or oculomotor dysfunction. They emphasize the importance of comprehensive testing and individualized treatment plans. Sophia discusses how her background in neuroscience and acupuncture helped improve outcomes with her own brain injury recovery.  Dr. Wolf describes her experiencing with multiple sports-related concussions and current work with patients suffering from post-concussion syndrome. 

This episode celebrates the power of curiosity and collaboration, illustrating how innovative therapies can enhance our understanding and treatment of nervous system conditions, all while encouraging listeners to personalize their healing journey.

Future episodes will delve into specific topics like post-traumatic headaches, traumatic neck injuries, cognitive symptoms, vision and eye movement disorders, sleep disorders, mood and personality changes, autonomic dysfunction, neuro-inflammation, dizziness, vertigo and balance issues.



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Full Transcript

Sophia Bouwens: 00:01 Welcome to the life after impact podcast, where we do a deep dive into all things concussion and brain injury related. We'll talk about all the different symptoms that can follow a brain injury, different testing methods, different practitioners out there, and different therapies available. I'm Sophia Bouwens. I'm here with Dr Ayla Wolf, and we will be your guides on the journey to living your best life after impact. Dr. Ayla Wolf: 00:28 Sophia, what's new? Sophia Bouwens: 00:30 I'm super excited to be here. We have worked so hard to get to this point, and we have so much to share that I'm just bursting with excitement about all the content and topics that we'll cover and how we're going to help reach people out there. How are you feeling? Unknown: 00:51 I'm excited as well. This has been a project that we've been talking about for a long time. There's been so much leading up to this, and at the end of the day, everything that we've been working on, the book that I've been writing, it's all meant to try to get information to more people. Because right now, up until this point, we've been treating one patient at a time, often telling each person, similar thi…

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