Dorothy Bedford talks about how, about six weeks after her daughter Heidi's concussion, during her second medical leave from school, she began walking - first around the block and then over time up to a mile - following an experimental protocol developed at SUNY-Buffalo which showed that mild aerobic exercise helped those like Heidi, diagnosed with post-concussion syndrome (PCS) [1] when their symptoms [2] continued longer than six weeks after injury.
An important part of the Buffalo protocol, notes Bedford, - which is not be confused with the graduated return to play protocol [3] - was closely monitoring Heidi's heart rate and blood pressure, which required the purchase of a heart-rate monitor so she would know at what level of aerobic activity symptoms would set in and could set an alarm on the monitor to go off at a pulse rate just below that at which her symptoms re-appeared.
For a companion articles by Dorothy Bedford about the Buffalo protocol, click here [4].
For other articles in her series, "Unmarked Detour," click here. [5]
Links:
[1] https://mail.momsteam.com/node/3310
[2] https://mail.momsteam.com/node/149
[3] https://mail.momsteam.com/node/128
[4] https://mail.momsteam.com/node/4368
[5] https://mail.momsteam.com/node/4344
[6] https://mail.momsteam.com/health-safety/unmarked-detour-journey-through-post-concussion-syndrome-begins-with-series-of-subconcussive-blows
[7] https://mail.momsteam.com/physical-rest/unmarked-detour-three-critical-early-mistakes-prove-costly
[8] https://mail.momsteam.com/health-safety/unmarked-detour-recovery-begins-at-home-with-stroke-rehabilitation-therapy-and-chiropractic-neurology
[9] https://mail.momsteam.com/health-safety/unmarked-detour-recovery-helped-by-treatments-old-new
[10] https://mail.momsteam.com/health-safety/unmarked-detour-another-mistake-dead-end-at-school-post-concussion-syndrome
[11] https://mail.momsteam.com/health-safety/post-concussion-syndrome-is-when-concussion-symptoms-persist
[12] https://mail.momsteam.com/health-safety/return-to-play/concussion-return-to-play-step-by-step-approach-recommended