Wednesday, February 6, 2008

Concussion Treatment?

Folks at the University of Buffalo have come up with a concussion treatment program:
"...the program entails controlled exercise at a level of stress that does not trigger the symptoms. Its effect is to correct imbalances in brain mechanism brought on by the initial blow, which cause the illness and headaches."
It isn't clear how exercise can alter the metabolic cascade following concussion, so it will be interesting to see if this paradoxical "treatment" is helpful.