When studies are released, there are often calls for additional research as well as recommendations. In my menstrual cycle survey report, I added quite a few recommendations. Some can be implemented immediately. Others address considerations for planning research. It’s based on what I’ve learned, what responses were to the survey, and more. Take a look at […]
Female Concussions, Menstrual Cycles, and Periods: FAQs
Concussions can occur from many causes. Car accidents (also referred to as motor vehicle accidents or MVAs), sports, running into something or being hit in the head by an object, assault, and falls are common causes. Of the many symptoms that follow, one aspect is rarely discussed for females: changes to menstrual cycles and […]
Menstrual Cycle Dysfunction Following Concussion: HerConcussion.com Survey Results
Females of all ages experience issues with their periods and menstrual cycles after sustaining a concussion. It’s a greatly overlooked topic regarding female concussions that warrants immediate attention. This post includes the report abstract for the survey I developed regarding this topic. I’ve also created two forms. One is to use during a concussion recovery. It’s the […]
Learning to Breathe
An oft-heard recommendation is to periodically take a few minutes break from your busy life and “smell the roses.” It’s good advice for any day. However, there’s one detail often overlooked. To smell the roses, one must first plant the roses. Afterward, continually, one must tend and nurture said flowers. So it is with other […]
Myth: Females Have Concussions Because They “Report it More”
Of all the possible causes for concussion in females, the one mentioned most often is that females are thought to have more concussions because they “report it more” than do males. That is neither the problem nor the cause. A problem is that females don’t report concussions as much as they should. Another is that […]
Sex Differences in Medical and Concussion Research
Gaps in research for females aren’t unique to concussion. Apparently there’s a longstanding practice of exclusion from biological research in general. Participants in studies are historically mostly male, as are animals used in research. This is important to keep in mind. Recent research has identified differences in males and females in stem cells and in […]
