Mark Heisig, ND
@drmarkheisig
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Wildly inconsistent tweets 🧠Concussion Specialist 🩺 🏒Rusty Hockey Player 🔺 BJJ
Scottsdale, AZ
Joined November 2019
Tough look for the staff saying they adhere to an evidence-based @NFL concussion protocol. The INC must not be up to date with assessment tools.
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Your Mindset Can Make or Break You | 3 Tips to Avoid the Nocebo Effect https://t.co/fbLwgTzGaF via @YouTube
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Start saying “and” instead of “but” - unless you REALLY mean “but.” It’s a fun language game that makes you recognize the multifaceted nuance in almost everything. In a way also brings some accountability to your thoughts. Are you truly a critical thinker?
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You've seen NFL players wearing their Guardian Caps this pre-season... So, what does the research tell us? Is this a positive step forward for the brain health of these athletes?
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WATCH: Robert Kennedy Jr. responds to a reporter who asks him if he’ll drop out of the race if he doesn’t make the next debate stage. Kennedy said, “I’m not gonna cave into that just because your networks are fencing me out, which they are. You will not see me on ABC, CBS, NBC,
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CAUGHT ON HOT MIC‼️ AP News reporter attempts to cut the feed when Robert F. Kennedy Jr. begins pointing out the bias of mainstream media. “Let’s go” “Let’s break off after this” “Let’s wrap this up” The journalists repeatedly sigh and make obvious noises of frustration,
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Don’t get me wrong, I’m glad we’re helping kids 🙏 but how did we get here? (Rhetorically asked from a seated position on my iPhone)
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Is anyone else saddened by the fact that we have to systematically review weight loss effects for CHILDREN with non-alcoholic fatty liver disease?
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Weight loss interventions had significant effects on NAFLD-related parameters including glucose, insulin, HOMA-IR, weight, BMI, BMI z-score, WC, TG, and AST.
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So all options are seen, I really hope people watch the debate with @RobertKennedyJr. The contrast between the Trump/Biden debate and the RFK debate is stark.
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Coming up live is THE REAL DEBATE: 8:45 pm ET / 5:45 pm PT https://t.co/lsuMWx6y53
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Going live Friday at 10am MST to chat about the older and newer research on omega-3s & concussion. Let's talk about the pros/cons, the potential, and the limits of this data on Friday. https://t.co/ypR49EzcYP
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Standard concussion care 👇 Doc: Rest. It'll resolve on its own. Patient: Rests. Symptoms don't go away. Doc: Keep resting. It takes time. Patient: Rests. Symptoms don't go away. Doc: This is your new normal. You should've been better by now. Learn to deal with it.
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No tripping call there? Can't pick and choose the soft calls. All or nothing for game 7 #TORvsBOS
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/6 Some redundant notes on macros, antioxidants, and other specific foods that may improve sleep duration and quality:
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This narrative review explores the relationship between sleep and nutrition. Various nutritional interventions have been shown to improve sleep including high carbohydrate, high glycaemic index...
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/5 Nutritional Interventions to Improve Sleep in Team-Sport Athletes: A Narrative Review -
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Athletes often experience sleep disturbances and poor sleep as a consequence of extended travel, the timing of training and competition (i.e., early morning or evening), and muscle soreness. Nutrit...
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/4 Over half (57%) of the study participants with concussion symptoms reported difficulty sleeping. Athletes with concussions were less likely to experience significant sleep problems compared to non-athletes. .
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These results suggest a relationship between sleep problems and the time course of recovery from concussive injury. Clinicians who regularly treat concussion would benefit from a more thorough...
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/3 Among student-athletes (13-19 years old) who slept 5 hours or less, 46% of girls and 31% of boys reported symptoms consistent with post-concussion syndrome. This compared to only 16% of girls and 11% of boys who slept 9 or more hours:
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Insufficient sleep the night before testing is an important factor to consider when interpreting symptom reporting, especially for girls. It will be helpful for clinicians to take this into account...
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/2 Athletes who sleep <6hrs per night may be 2X as likely to sustain a concussion compared to athletes who sleep >7hrs per night:
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The combination of insufficient sleep and worse attention/processing speed performance at baseline may increase the risk of sustaining a future SRC.
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