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As far as mild-moderate concussions go, there is unfortunately not much to do by way of treatment besides low stimulation rest.

I hope this person was okay. Concussions are truly hell when they don't clear up nicely.

Side note, I was told once by an occupational therapist specializing in brain injury that most concussions are from standing up from a crouch in the kitchen and hitting your head on a corner of a cupboard (MVA/sports are very common too). I didn't believe her at the time, but I don't write it off either.




most concussions are from standing up from a crouch in the kitchen and hitting your head on a corner of a cupboard

I ended up injuring my back and walking in the Early Asimo robot's "old man poopy pants gait" for an entire half a year, following a sneeze. You can google that. It's quite common to injure your back after a sneeze.


We got ahold of his mom, and one of the bystanders was a nurse. She didn't seem too worried, so I think everything was okay. We were at a sports park and I think he hurt himself playing soccer.


My wife got a concussion almost exactly that way except it was the dryer door.


This is why I always close all cabinets and only open one at a time.


We've got cabinets that open up instead of sideways, which makes it basically impossible to hit your head on.

Downside, if you're short you need a stool to close it.


Easily fixed by adding a loop of rope or some such to the inside of the door as a handle. Tall cars with upwards-opening trunks tend to have this.


Yea we considered this but then the rope hangs down into the counterspace beneath and gets in the way. Or in one case, hangs down and gets caught in the fridge when you close the fridge.


Make the rope half the length of the cabinet door, and instead of hanging it way out at the edge of the door, hang it halfway towards the hinge. The rope will hang slightly higher but it'll fit neatly inside the cabinet when the door is closed.


Unfortunately it's double hinged, so the point you'd need to pull down from to get proper leverage on it is at or near the highest point - hang a rope down there that's of useful length and it's by definition longer than half the length of the cabinet, and doesn't fold neatly in.

Maybe there's a different solution though, I'm not sure


If cabinet doors could slide sideways, that might be a good solution as well.




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