Post Concussion Syndrome

[yannimac]

3 months ago I hit my head so hard that I fractured my frontal sinus bone. This resulted in a concussion and I was feeling symptoms of PCS (light headed, nausea, concentration problems) for about 2 months, then I started feeling pretty much normal. I started feeling slight symptoms such as light-headedness and nausea again a few days ago after about 3 weeks with no sypmtoms. This started the same day I began weight training again. 2 weeks after the concussion I tried to lift weights for a few days and this made my symptoms worse, so I stopped. Although this could be a coincidence, I think there is a correlation, since no other factors such as diet or stress have changed. Why would weight lifting cause my symptoms to come back? How long should I wait to start weight training again after I feel symptom free? Can I do light cardio exercise? Any diet recommendations?

Just to let you know, I have had 2 CAT scans and seen a neurosurgeon. The doctors did not find anything wrong on the cat scan (with the exception of the fracture)

[Tootsie]

Do you hold your breath when you lift weights? By doing so, you increase your blood pressure and probably, also, the intracranial pressure that could aggravate any residual sensitivity, to such pressure.

I'd back off for a while and do some other forms of milder exercise. What's the big hurry? Cheerio.

[stac925]

When I was younger I was in a car accident had PCS for 7 months, was dizzy off and on. It took a couple of month before I could do everything normal.
Then one day I woke everything was gone. I still get bad headaches from it.

[Tootsie]

I don't think there are any hard and fast rules about when, how and to what degree, physical exercise and exertion should be done after a head injury. I think you just have to play it by ear....try, every now and then and see how you respond. Just use your common sense. Cheerio.