Researchers at the University of Calgary have discovered an innovative treatment that brings hope to victims of sports-related concussions.
The study found that recovery is speeded up if the victim’s vestibular system (inner ear) and cervical spine (the vertebrae in the neck) are treated together.
The researchers split 31 sports-related concussion victims into two groups. Some received vestibular rehabilitation and cervical spine physiotherapy.
Fifteen patients received the innovative therapy. Eleven were medically cleared before or by eight weeks, a 73 per cent success rate.
The others were taught how to sit and stand combined with range-of-motion exercises and gradual exertion treatment.
Only four per cent of those patients were considered healthy enough to play again within eight weeks.
The study was published in the British Journal of Sports Medicine.
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