#5: Mild TBI Is Not So Mild (Em. Professor Maas part 1)

In this epic Concussion Stories conversation, Melanie finally experiences the acknowledgment that she and many others never got in the medical system. Andrew is a retired neurosurgeon and now Principal Investigator of the largest study ever done on Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI). They change the field by studying TBI patients. And they found that Mild TBI is NOT mild! Must watch this episode if you feel like you're not heard and if you feel lost in your concussion recovery. You are not alone in this!

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Table of contents:

00:45 Andrew Maas
02:53 Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Research
03:32 CENTER-TBI
05:12 Mild TBI is NOT so mild
08:58 Concussion diagnosis and treatment
09:31 It’s the patient that matters
11:04 Concussion awareness
16:10 Changing mTBI treatment
23:24 Andrew’s research: concussion care is insufficient