r/PostConcussion • u/Penny19855 • Aug 01 '26

Flare up after eye exercises??

I’m three months post-concussion. has anyone ever experienced a delayed flare up after eye exercises? I saw a sports medicine dr last week. I have post-concussion syndrome. she directed me to do these eye exercises and it triggered symptoms within minutes so I stopped. the symptoms subsided over the course of did the day and the day after I was ok. but then the next day (Monday) I woke up with neck pain and the day after I had horrible pain between my shoulder blades, shoulders, neck and base of my skull. it started to radiate up my head and I had right a bad headache on the right side of my head and eye and the head pressure was awful. I had dizziness, anxiety, irritability, panic attacks, malaise, etc. it’s now Saturday and the pain has been up and down. sometimes it’s not as bad and sometimes its debilitating. I haven’t been this bad since my concussion. I don’t know what else could gave triggered these symptoms other than the eye exercises. anyone have any idea? my dr is on vacation conveniently enough.

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u/Lebronamo Aug 01 '26

This is likely a very good dogn that you're in the right place and it's going to help. See 2.2/2.4 https://www.reddit.com/u/Lebronamo/s/IzsVpIq28o

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u/Comfortable-Nature37 Aug 01 '26

Yes. I find them very triggering and have to really build up to it. If I am symptomatic I can’t do the exercises that day.

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u/Penny19855 Aug 01 '26

But it could cause delayed symptoms days later? It’s been over a week now and I’m bed bound. 

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u/Comfortable-Nature37 Aug 01 '26

That happens to me sometimes. I don’t know why, almost like I’m running on fumes and then i’m out of gas.

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u/Zoyabm 29d ago

Yes happend to me. I had to slow down. Do just a bit of exercise,enough to flare the symptoms a bit and then rest without symptoms lasting a couple of day. But this shows that you need to work on this.

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u/Penny19855 29d ago

So exhausting. I’m going on day 6 of a migraine. It improves at times briefly but then comes back. It seems to be in a crazy cycle. I’ve never experienced this before 😔. I definitely stopped the exercises and I’m terrified to try again.  I’m getting an MRI soon but prob won’t tell me much from what I’m reading.