Post Concussion Syndrome & Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries
Persistent symptom care in Calabasas
Still dealing with dizziness, brain fog, headaches, fatigue, or screen sensitivity after a mild traumatic brain injury?
California Brain & Spine Center provides evaluation and personalized rehabilitation for persistent Post Concussion Syndrome symptoms in Calabasas. Dr. Alireza Chizari, DC, DACNB, a board-certified chiropractic neurologist, looks beyond the diagnosis to identify functional problems that may still be affecting balance, vision, cognition, movement, or daily endurance.
When recovery stalls
What is Post Concussion Syndrome?
It describes symptoms that continue after the initial phase of a concussion or mild traumatic brain injury.
Persistent symptoms
You still do not feel like yourself
Brain fog, dizziness, headache, fatigue, visual sensitivity, sleep changes, or concentration problems may continue after the original injury.
Normal imaging
Your CT or MRI may not explain everything
Routine imaging can be normal in mild traumatic brain injury. Persistent functional symptoms still deserve appropriate clinical evaluation.
Our approach
Evaluate what is still limiting you
We assess relevant neurological functions and build a rehabilitation plan around the findings rather than using one protocol for every patient.
A common patient question
Why can you still have symptoms after a normal MRI or CT?
Structural imaging and concussion evaluation answer different clinical questions.
A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury, but mild describes the initial injury classification, not how disruptive the symptoms may feel.
CT and MRI are important when structural injury needs to be investigated. However, the concussion itself may not appear as an obvious abnormality on routine imaging.
If concentration, balance, vision, headaches, fatigue, or motion tolerance are still affecting daily life, those symptoms deserve a closer assessment.
Watch: Told Everything Looks Normal, but You Still Have Symptoms?
Dr. Chizari explains how a functional evaluation may add useful information when brain fog, dizziness or post-concussion symptoms continue despite normal structural imaging.
Persistent symptoms
What can Post Concussion Syndrome feel like?
Brain fog
Thinking feels slower and mentally demanding tasks take more effort.
Screen sensitivity
Reading, scrolling, computers, or visual motion may trigger symptoms.
Dizziness
Movement, head turns, busy environments, or walking may feel uncomfortable.
Headaches
Headaches may worsen with cognitive effort, movement, screens, or poor sleep.
Fatigue
Work, exercise, driving, or conversation may use far more energy than before.
Sleep and mood changes
Sleep disruption, irritability, anxiety, or emotional sensitivity may occur.
Our evaluation
We look for the systems that may still be under strain
Persistent Post Concussion Syndrome symptoms do not always come from one source. Your evaluation may consider eye movement, balance, coordination, cognition, sensory processing, and activity tolerance when relevant.
- Detailed injury and symptom history
- Videonystagmography and eye movement assessment when indicated
- Computerized posturography for balance concerns
- Pupillary light-reflex and orthostatic heart-rate and blood-pressure measures when relevant
- Functional neurological examination
- Personalized rehabilitation planning
Selected technology
Targeted neurostimulation may be used when appropriate
Technology is selected from your findings, not automatically from the diagnosis.
Hoolest CEREMOD™ Alpha
CEREMOD Alpha is one of the noninvasive technologies available at our clinic and may be considered when autonomic regulation or related findings are relevant to your care plan.
Personalized rehabilitation
What may be included in your Post Concussion Syndrome care plan?
Treatment depends on what your evaluation identifies.
Is this service for you?
Who may benefit from a Post Concussion Syndrome evaluation in Calabasas?
This service may be relevant if
- Your initial concussion is no longer recent but symptoms continue
- Your MRI or CT did not explain ongoing functional problems
- Brain fog or concentration problems affect work or school
- Screens, reading, movement, or busy environments trigger symptoms
- Dizziness or balance problems remain weeks or months later
For a recent concussion or new injury, visit our Concussion Treatment in Calabasas service instead.
Seek urgent medical care for
- A severe or worsening headache
- Repeated vomiting
- New weakness, numbness, or slurred speech
- Seizure or loss of consciousness
- Increasing confusion or difficulty staying awake
New neurological danger signs require prompt medical assessment.
Common questions
Post Concussion Syndrome FAQ
Why is my MRI normal if I still have Post Concussion Syndrome symptoms?
A mild traumatic brain injury is diagnosed clinically, and routine imaging may be normal. MRI and CT remain important when structural injury or another condition needs to be investigated.
Does Post Concussion Syndrome go away?
Many people improve, but recovery varies. Persistent symptoms lasting weeks or months may benefit from reassessment and a more targeted rehabilitation plan.
What can a Post Concussion Syndrome specialist evaluate?
Depending on the symptoms, evaluation may consider balance, eye movements, cognition, sensory processing, coordination, headaches, sleep, and activity tolerance.
How long does treatment take?
There is no fixed timeline. Duration depends on your symptoms, findings, recovery history, tolerance, and functional goals.
Is this the same as your Concussion Treatment service?
No. Our Concussion Treatment page focuses on recent concussion care. This service is specifically focused on persistent symptoms after the initial phase of a mild traumatic brain injury.
Persistent symptoms deserve a closer look
Still not feeling like yourself after a mild traumatic brain injury?
Schedule an individualized Post Concussion Syndrome evaluation at California Brain & Spine Center in Calabasas. We will review what has persisted, identify relevant functional findings, and discuss whether targeted neurological rehabilitation may be appropriate.
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