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Shaken Brain by Elizabeth Sandel, MD. It isn't as helpful as I hoped but gives a good overall view, I think. It is nice that it is quite recent (published in 2020). Some of the specific things have been worth the whole book. One thing is that doing nothing is recommended for only the first 24 to 72 hours after a concussion. After that, it can slow down recovery.

Raising a Bilingual Child by Barbara Pearson. This is pretty interesting. My daughter found some of the things I picked out of it helpful to her as an ESL teacher, too. We are mostly interested for parenting, though. She and at least one of my sons will be raising bilingual children (hopefully they will have children to raise; they have none yet.)
 
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One thing is that doing nothing is recommended for only the first 24 to 72 hours after a concussion. After that, it can slow down recovery.
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Not sure I understand what you mean here....?

Do nothing for the person? Do nothing if you are the person with the concussion? What is the recommendation after 24-72 hours?

I've never had a concussion, thank goodness. I see enough/hear enough watching football games to know they are/can be very serious.
 
My son slipped on ice last week and hit the back of his head. Clearly a concussion. We knew what to do from another son's concussion in a car accident several years ago. If there aren't complications, the best thing to do is let the brain rest - stay as quiet as possible . So, darkened room - no reading, screens, etc. and quiet - no music, books on tape, ect. The doctor actually said, "don't think" - at least as much as possible. She acknowledged it isn't really possible.

The car accident was more severe - he was stopped when a car hit his car going 70 mph, it broke the drive train of his car. He couldn't tolerate much light or much sound for many days.

Maybe the dr told him to start doing things as he could tolerate them - I don't remember that part. This time, I thankfully read this book only a couple of days after the injury, so it didn't really matter but it is much less worrisome to know he should be doing what he can without exasperating symptoms.

I was quite worried yesterday when 6 min of work was all he could do. Today, he can do about a half hour at a time (he also turned the screen brightness down, is doing some of it verbally, and such), I am much less worried now.

Yes, concussions are being taken much more seriously by medical people in general as well as in sports and so on. It is really, really good that they are.
 
LOVED the book "Where the Crawdads Sing" so much I don't know if I would ever want to see the movie.

I'm on a self-help kick. Most recent reads have been "The Natural Sleeper" which offers solutions for getting better rest and "Don't Be Trashy," which outlines "Living with Less Waste and More Joy."
 

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