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All You Need To Know About Concussion Treatment in Toronto

• The treatment for concussion typically starts with a consultation with a specialist. They determine what caused the injury, what the patient felt that instant and how the patient is feeling at the moment. Moreover, the symptoms of concussion are also discussed.
• The specialist gets as much information they need in order to create the most appropriate treatment plan as per the needs and requirement of the patient.
• The assessment includes assessing the cognitive changes that may have occurred after the concussion like memory problems or distractibility. After that a psychological assessment is also conducted to determine if there is any co-occurrence of typical conditions that occur after a concussion like irritability, anxiety, or depression.
• Once the initial assessment has been done, the therapist starts the treatment plan which has been especially designed to cater the symptoms and severity of concussion in the patient.