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<\/a>When my son suffered a concussion two years ago, his doctor told him the key was rest.\u00a0 For this then 11 year old, that meant laying down, with no reading, no television, and no video games.\u00a0 Just rest.<\/p>\nRest has long been thought to help following a brain injury<\/a>, but recently, a new study <\/a>came out explaining why that was the right advice.<\/p>\n The study, which examined trauma in the brains of mice, found that when there is single, mild incident, the mice lose 10-15 percent of their neuronal connections in the brain, but there was no accompanying cell death.\u00a0 When the mice rested for three days, almost all of the connections came back, healing the brain.<\/p>\n However, the study found that without rest, when additional events occur, the neuronal connections don’t heal and can become permanent.\u00a0 Thus, the prescribed rest is critical to offer the brain an opportunity for any mild injuries to (more…)<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When my son suffered a concussion two years ago, his doctor told him the key was rest.\u00a0 For this then 11 year old, that meant laying down, with no reading, no television, and no video games.\u00a0 Just rest. Rest has…<\/span><\/p>\n