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Concussion Rehabilitation: Vestibular And Physiotherapy, Amia Pelletier, Jordan Wing
Concussion Rehabilitation: Vestibular And Physiotherapy, Amia Pelletier, Jordan Wing
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Recent research has come out to suggest that a prolonged resting period after a concussion may not be the most beneficial way to recover. Many doctors of physical therapy seem to have a consensus that athletes that acquire a sports-related concussion should seek treatment through body movement, not the typical resting and abstaining from exercise protocol. Recent research has shown that vestibular and physiotherapy will reduce the recovery time after a concussion. Seventy-one percent of a treatment group had returned within eight weeks, compared to seven percent in a control group. The participants in the treatment group were four times …