Mini Episode - Why Your MRI Didn't Reveal Your Concussion Symptoms

You’re experiencing headaches, dizziness, brain fog, light sensitivity, nausea, balance problems, or difficulty concentrating after a head injury, but your MRI was normal. How can that be?

A normal MRI does not mean your concussion symptoms aren’t real. Conventional MRI is excellent for identifying certain structural problems, but many concussion symptoms arise from changes in how the brain and nervous system are functioning—changes that may not appear on routine imaging.

In this video, Dr. Joseph Coppus of Delta Neuro Health explains:

• What an MRI can and cannot reveal
• Why concussion symptoms can persist despite normal imaging
• The difference between brain structure and brain function
• How the visual, vestibular, autonomic, and cervical systems may contribute to symptoms
• Why a detailed neurological examination can uncover problems that imaging may not measure
• How objective testing can help guide individualized rehabilitation

Your symptoms are not imaginary simply because a scan was normal. The right evaluation may require looking beyond the image to examine how your eyes move, how you process motion, how you maintain balance, how your heart rate responds to posture, and how different parts of your nervous system work together.

Delta Neuro Health is a neurological rehabilitation clinic in Columbus, Ohio, providing individualized care for concussion and post-concussion syndrome, dizziness, vestibular disorders, migraines, dysautonomia, POTS, and other complex neurological conditions.

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This video is for educational purposes only and does not provide a diagnosis or replace individualized medical care. MRI and other imaging can be essential for identifying serious injuries. New or worsening symptoms, especially severe headache, repeated vomiting, weakness, seizures, slurred speech, increasing confusion, unusual behavior, or loss of consciousness, require prompt medical evaluation.

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