The autonomic nervous system & how Exercise is Medicine for Concussion Patients w Dr. John Leddy

In this episode I chat with Dr. John Leddy, one of the inventors of the famous Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test. We discuss the autonomic nervous system and how exercise is medicine for concussion patients.

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BIO: Dr. John J. Leddy is Professor of Clinical Orthopedics and Rehabilitation Sciences at the University at Buffalo Jacobs School of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, a Fellow of the American College of Sports Medicine, the AMSSM, and of the American College of Physicians, and Director of Outcomes Research for the Department of Orthopaedics. He is a Division 1 team physician and Medical Director of the University at Buffalo Concussion Management Clinic. He is a Member of the Expert Panel for the Berlin Fifth International Consensus Conference on Concussion in Sport. In conjunction with Dr. Barry Willer, he developed the Buffalo Concussion Treadmill Test.

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0:01 - Intro
1:26 - What made you think about exercise for concussion recovery?
10:20 - How hard was it initially to get through an ethics approval process?
20:23 - How quickly after concussion should patients start exercising?
26:05 - Is the Buffalo Treadmill Test a good biomarker for concussion?
35:25 - Prescription of exercise for concussion recovery
42:48 - CCMI Community Question #1: Blood flow alterations following concussion
50:04 - CCMI Community Question #2: Managing POTS in a concussion patient
58:30 - CCMI Community Question #3: Can symptoms from untreated autonomic nervous system dysfunction from previous concussion (not fully recovered) remerge years later?
1:01:25 - Closing thoughts

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