As an evidence-based concussion chiropractor, Dr. Ben performs an elite differential diagnosis to locate the root cause of your symptoms.
A dedicated concussion chiropractor with advanced Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (NMSM) speciality training knows that you cannot suffer a concussion without also suffering a cervical spine (whiplash) injury.
The acceleration-deceleration forces that traumatize the brain concurrently injure the highly sensitive mechanoreceptors in the joints and muscles of your neck.
These cervical joints report kinesthetic information directly to the balance control areas of your brainstem. When this reporting is distorted due to spinal dysfunction, a conflict arises among your visual, vestibular, and cervical sensory streams. This sensorimotor control impairment produces severe postural control deficits, joint repositioning errors, and disturbed eye movements.
By accurately adjusting the cervical spine using Chiropractic, we clear aberrant nerve pathways, reduce central sensitization, and restore a crisp, accurate proprioceptive brain map so you can regain your balance and clarity.
To achieve 100% healing, we must evaluate the strict biochemical and neurological hierarchy of your body using the 5 phases of the advanced QA protocol:
Beginning Procedures: We first identify and correct hidden "Injury Recall" (IRT) patterns. Correcting these ancient or recent injury adaptations restores normal function to the cerebellum and cortex before we do anything else.
Systemic Nutritional Factors: Head impacts cause massive inflammation. We address excessive histamine and essential fatty acid imbalances to stop inflammatory cytokines from depolarizing your nociceptors and causing neuro-inflammation.
Systemic Structural Factors: Biomechanical forces often cause hidden cranial bone and TMJ faults. Correcting these allows your central nervous system's descending inhibitory pathways to function normally.
Energy Production: We evaluate your Citric Acid Cycle to ensure your cells are producing enough ATP and carbon dioxide necessary for cerebrospinal fluid production and neurotransmitter synthesis (like GABA) for brain recovery.
Emotional Stress: Finally, we utilize Emotional Recall to address the trauma of the accident itself, preventing recurrence and avoiding the over-stimulation of a metabolically exhausted neuron pool.
If you have sustained a head injury and standard clinics have told you to simply "go home and rest" despite your lingering symptoms, you need the specialized diagnostic approach of an expert concussion chiropractor.
A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI) that results in a rapid onset of short-lived impairment of neurologic function.
However, for many patients, the symptoms—including dizziness, transient blurry vision, fatigue, and cognitive difficulties like memory loss and anxiety—do not simply vanish.
At Chirogenesis, we understand that a "bloodless" concussion is a severely misunderstood injury that requires elite neurological intervention to truly heal.
Standard medical care often struggles to manage concussions because the acute clinical symptoms largely reflect a functional disturbance rather than a structural, bleeding injury. As a result, no abnormality is typically seen on standard neuroimaging studies like MRIs.
An evidence-based concussion chiropractor understands that an injury induced by biomechanical forces creates a complex pathophysiological process affecting the brain.
Because this injury is often invisible on a scan, patients are frequently dismissed. We perform an elite differential diagnosis to uncover the hidden neurological static that is preventing your brain from returning to its normal, healthy state.
Symptoms are not always immediately present and may take up to 24-48 hours to manifest. Symptoms of concussion include:
There are many myths and confusion about how to care for your brain after experiencing a concussion. Many people don’t realize the severity of even a mild concussion and that they can be caused by a direct or indirect hit to the head or body. Not all concussions are suffered by athletes while playing sports; falls and accidents can cause them too. All concussions are serious injuries that can have severe repercussions if not managed properly. Proper care during the first 7 – 10 days is crucial to ensure your recovery.
The clinical evidence supporting thorough evaluation and physical intervention for MTBI is compelling. When a concussion chiropractor evaluates your injury, they rely on established scientific frameworks. The Consensus Statement on Concussion in Sport (McCroy et al., 2013)highlights the necessity of recognizing the complex biomechanical forces transmitted to the head during impact.
Furthermore, diagnosing the severity of the injury requires standardized mental status assessments (McCrea, 2001; McCrea et al., 1997) and objective measures of recovery (Maddocks & Dicker, 1989).
Crucially, the literature dictates that postural stability assessment (Guskiewicz, 2001) is vital following a concussion. Comprehensive diagnosis and management (Marshall, 2015) ensure that the athlete or patient does not return to activity prematurely, which can lead to irreversible secondary insults.
You do not have to live in fear of a permanent brain fog or rely on medications that only mask your symptoms. True recovery requires a medical detective who treats the entire person, not just the scan.
Visit your trusted concussion chiropractor at Chirogenesis in Singapore today to recalibrate your nervous system, clear your physical and emotional traumas, and secure a different diagnosis that finally gives you hope!