Concussions: Symptoms, Diagnosis, Recovery
Today we are joined by sports medicine specialist, Dr. Blake Averill with Franciscan Health. Dr. Averill highlights the most common signs and symptoms of concussion, as well as a few surprising symptoms. He walks us through how a suspected concussion is evaluated and confirmed. Dr. Averill wraps up the episode by giving an overview of what concussion recovery may look like.
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