Concussion recovery, made clearer
Welcome to a self-reflection tool to help you understand what might be getting in the way — and what to talk to your clinician about.
Concussion affects everyone differently. How quickly you recover isn't just about the injury… it's about your nervous system, your personality patterns, your environment, and how your brain processes stress and stimulation. This tool helps you map those factors so your recovery support can actually fit you.
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This tool may be helpful if you:
Have recently experienced a concussion
Are living with post-concussion symptoms (PCS)
Have had multiple concussions
Feel your recovery has been slower or more complicated than expected
Want to better understand how your nervous system and environment may be influencing symptoms
Many people also use the report as a starting point for conversations with healthcare professionals.
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A series of short reflection questions across 8 areas — including your nervous system baseline, sensory sensitivity, emotional load, cognitive patterns, and environment. There are no right or wrong answers. It takes around 15 minutes to complete.
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A personalised Recovery Profile Report you can print or save as a PDF. It shows how each area may be influencing your recovery, with tailored suggestions to discuss with your OT, physiotherapist, GP, or neuropsychologist.
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No. This is a self-report recovery profile tool and does not replace clinical assessment. It is designed to support more targeted, informed conversations with your healthcare team — not to replace them.
Ready to build your recovery profile?
It takes around 15 minutes. Your personalised report is generated immediately at the end.
Eight factors that shape your recovery
Concussion recovery isn't one-size-fits-all. This tool profiles the personal, neurological, and environmental factors that research shows can significantly influence how long recovery takes — and what strategies actually help.
Your nervous system's resting state before injury matters. People who already operate in a higher state of alertness or activation may find that concussion symptoms build more quickly and are harder to settle — not because of the injury alone, but because the system had less capacity to absorb additional load.
After concussion, the brain often becomes more reactive to sensory input. Light, sound, movement, and busy environments require more processing effort than before. High sensory sensitivity means everyday environments can trigger or worsen symptoms, making pacing and environment management a key part of recovery.
Some people are naturally more attuned to the emotional energy of those around them. During concussion recovery, emotionally demanding interactions — conversations, conflict, or simply being around distress — can place real neurological load on a recovering brain, contributing to fatigue and symptom flare-ups in ways that aren't always obvious.
A strong internal drive to keep going, stay productive, or meet responsibilities is an asset in most areas of life — but during concussion recovery it can work against healing. People with high cognitive drive often push past their limits before symptoms become noticeable, disrupting the rest cycles the brain needs to repair.
The ability to recognise your limits and act on them is a critical recovery skill. People who find it difficult to say no, delegate, or slow down — whether due to personality, role, or circumstance — often experience prolonged recovery because the brain doesn't get consistent windows of genuine rest.
How quickly your system returns to baseline after stress or activity varies between individuals. Slower stress recovery means that load accumulates across the day, and activities that seem manageable in isolation can combine to exceed capacity. Understanding your recovery speed helps inform how much space to build between demands.
Recovery doesn't happen in a vacuum. Caring responsibilities, financial pressure, workplace demands, and relationship stress all place load on a system that has reduced capacity. High environmental load doesn't mean recovery is impossible — but it does mean strategies need to account for the context you're recovering in, not just the injury itself.
People tend toward two attentional patterns: diffuse (broad, flexible awareness) or locked (deep, sustained focus). During recovery, a locked attention style can mean losing track of symptoms while absorbed in a task. A diffuse style may make it harder to filter irrelevant stimulation. Both have implications for pacing and recovery strategy.
See what you'll receive
At the end of the reflection tool you'll receive a personalised report like the one below — designed to share directly with your clinician.
About your privacy
In todays age it’s important to be clear about privacy, especially when it comes to your health data. So here is a quick clarification.
This tool is currently in beta. Your name and email are used only to personalise your report and are never stored or shared. Upon completing the tool, your anonymised results (section scores and number of prior concussions only) are securely stored by the tool developer for research purposes to help improve and validate this resource. No personally identifiable information is retained. By completing the tool you consent to this use of your anonymised data.