A new perspective on concussions and what do about them Welcome to Cloverleaf Chiropractic Show. Today, we're going to do a show on concussion and a different perspective on how to handle a concussion and what's the best way to take care of a person to recover as fast as possible. Welcome to the Cloverleaf Chiropractic Show, a podcast advocating wellness, life and healing from within. With 38 years in practice, 50,000 patients and over 1 million chiropractic is adjustments, here's your host, Dr. Daniel Abeckjerr. My name is Dr. Daniel Abeckjerr. I'm a Doctor of Chiropractic. Stay tuned. And I'm going to do this show on educating the public on health and wellness. And we're going to focus today on concussions. So what is a concussion? A concussion is a traumatic brain injury that's caused by an accident or a fall or trauma. And basically what happens is a rapid movement forcing the brain to move back and forth inside of the skull. So concussions can range from mild to severe with symptoms. And some of the symptoms are things like headaches, head pressure, blurry vision, confusion, dizziness, sleep issues, anxiety, depression, mood swings, and a lot more. While some of the symptoms will show right away, some symptoms show later. And it can be hours, it can be days, or it can be weeks. So my daughter had a concussion. She was at University of Miami about 7 years ago, and she was in the bathroom, and she had put a bag of her clothes on the floor. And as she got up, she hit her head on the hand dryer, and she hit it with full force, and she fell to the floor and passed out. And she created a concussion in her brain, and that changed her life for about a year of her life. So at that point, she had the MRIs, the tests and everything, and it took a whole year for her to recover. And she was not the same at all, and she had to stop and quit school for 1-year time. She came home and we had to take care of her for that amount of time. So what is the approach of conventional medicine? Basically, the approach is preventing the problems and management of the symptoms. You know, basically they manage the symptoms; the headaches, the symptoms that come with a concussion. With chiropractic care, we take the treatment a step further, we address the underlying concerns that comes with concussions. So instead of giving medication, anti-inflammatory and painkillers and all these things, we go to the root cause and we look at dysfunction that comes with a concussion, which involves the muscles and the nervous system.