Quote Originally Posted by lph View Post
oh, poor girl! But she does want to be careful - being unconscious sounds like she could have had a concussion. When my dh got a concussion he was ordered flat on his back for a week with no reading, no computer and no tv
Lph raises some good points about concussion. My DH, a physio, is big into sports medicine and recently was at a conference by one of Canada's leading experts on concussion, Dr. Karen Johnston. Health professionals used to grade concussions on severity of fall, length of unconciousness etc. Current theory relies on symptomology (dizziness, headaches, nausea etc.) post injury, and there does not need to be a loss of consciousness. If the symptoms are persistent, the brain needs to be protected against further insults by totally resting the brain..and that means no TV, no computer, no reading.

http://athletics.mcgill.ca/sportsmed...rticle_id=2756