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Life After Impact: The Concussion Recovery Podcast. This podcast is the go-to podcast for actionable information to help people recover from concussions, brain injuries, and post-concussion syndrome. Dr. Ayla Wolf does a deep dive in discussing symptoms, testing methods, treatment options, and resources to help people troubleshoot where they feel stuck in their recovery. The podcast brings you interviews with top experts in the field of concussions and brain injuries, and introduces a functional neurological mindset to approaching complex cases. For those feeling lost, hopeless, or abandoned let this podcast be your guide to living your best life after impact. Subscribe now and start your journey to recovery!

Recent Episodes

CTE Is Not a Concussion: What Athletes and Parents Need to Know with Dr. Reece Granger | E81

Does having multiple concussions mean you're at risk for CTE? What is the difference between a concussion, repetitive head impacts, and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE)? In this episode of Life After Impact: The Concussion Recovery Podcast, I welcome Dr. Reece Granger, host of Headfirst: The Concussion Podcast, chiropractor, and PhD researcher studying sports-related concussions in Australia's National Rugby League. We cover the science of concussion versus CTE, repeated head inju...

47 MIN

Can Flying Make a Concussion Worse? Oxygen, Brain Injury, HBOT & Longevity Research with Dr. DeepSea | E80

FREE COPY of SHATTERED TO STRONG for veterans and active-duty military personnel. To request a copy, simply email [email protected] and include your branch of military service and how long you served. Can hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) help the brain recover after a concussion or traumatic brain injury (TBI)? And is it safe to fly after a concussion? Dr. Joseph Dituri, better known as Dr. DeepSea, returns to Life After Impact: The Concussion Recovery Podcast to discuss groundbreaking rese...

61 MIN

How Many Concussions Are Too Many? Measuring the Cumulative Impact on the Brain with Dr. Joseph Maroon | E79

How many concussions are too many—and could we someday measure the cumulative effect of every hit to the head? Dr. Joseph Maroon, longtime team neurosurgeon for the Pittsburgh Steelers and a pioneer in concussion and traumatic brain injury research, joins Life After Impact to discuss multiple concussions, repetitive head impacts, subconcussive exposure, CTE, and the future of concussion testing. Dr. Maroon helped develop ImPACT, the neurocognitive test that transformed how the NFL, NHL,...

57 MIN

Brain Injury Recovery at Home: Making Everyday Life Part of Rehabilitation | E78

Brain injury and concussion recovery don't happen only in a rehabilitation clinic—they happen at home, at work, in the grocery store, in the kitchen, and in the hundreds of everyday tasks that can suddenly become harder after a traumatic brain injury. In this episode of Life After Impact: The Concussion Recovery Podcast, I talk with cognitive-motor neuroscientist and neurological occupational therapist Dr. Christopher Gaskins about practical brain injury rehabilitation, cognitive fatigu...

44 MIN

Why Your Eyes Still Hurt After a Concussion with Dr. Melissa Biscardi | E77

Your eyes can be the bottleneck in concussion recovery, and they can also be the missing piece when someone still has headaches years later despite doing “all the right things.” We sit down with Dr. Melissa Biscardi to unpack her PhD work on eye movements and concussion, including a virtual reality (VR) eye training intervention that adapts week by week based on how each person performs and what symptoms show up. We talk through what clinicians can actually measure, why near point of converge...

53 MIN