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As far as mild-moderate concussions go, there is unfortunately not much to do by way of treatment besides low stimulation rest. I hope this person was okay. Co
by jammygit 7y ago
As far as mild-moderate concussions go, there is unfortunately not much to do by way of treatment besides low stimulation rest.
I hope this person was okay. Concussions are truly hell when they don't clear up nicely.
Side note, I was told once by an occupational therapist specializing in brain injury that most concussions are from standing up from a crouch in the kitchen and hitting your head on a corner of a cupboard (MVA/sports are very common too). I didn't believe her at the time, but I don't write it off either.
- frankbreetz 7y agoWe got ahold of his mom, and one of the bystanders was a nurse. She didn't seem too worried, so I think everything was okay. We were at a sports park and I think he hurt himself playing soccer.
- philwelch 7y agoMy wife got a concussion almost exactly that way except it was the dryer door.
- IgorPartola 7y agoThis is why I always close all cabinets and only open one at a time.
- dmoy 7y agoWe've got cabinets that open up instead of sideways, which makes it basically impossible to hit your head on. Downside, if you're short you need a stool to close it.
- bobthepanda 7y agoIf cabinet doors could slide sideways, that might be a good solution as well.
- Doxin 7y agoEasily fixed by adding a loop of rope or some such to the inside of the door as a handle. Tall cars with upwards-opening trunks tend to have this.
- dmoy 7y agoYea we considered this but then the rope hangs down into the counterspace beneath and gets in the way. Or in one case, hangs down and gets caught in the fridge when you close the fridge.
- Doxin 7y agoMake the rope half the length of the cabinet door, and instead of hanging it way out at the edge of the door, hang it halfway towards the hinge. The rope will hang slightly higher but it'll fit neatly inside the cabinet when the door is closed.
- dmoy 7y agoUnfortunately it's double hinged, so the point you'd need to pull down from to get proper leverage on it is at or near the highest point - hang a rope down there that's of useful length and it's by definition longer than half the length of the cabinet, and doesn't fold neatly in. Maybe there's a different solution though, I'm not sure
- stcredzero 7y agomost concussions are from standing up from a crouch in the kitchen and hitting your head on a corner of a cupboard I ended up injuring my back and walking in the Early Asimo robot's "old man poopy pants gait" for an entire half a year, following a sneeze. You can google that. It's quite common to injure your back after a sneeze.