>>> jaciel cordoba: Most of us are familiar with the symptoms of a concussion but what if those symptoms don't go away? >> eve tannery: In Life Lessons, WFMZs Nancy Werteen tells us about a program in the Lehigh Valley to help people recover. >>Nancy: a concussion can be challenging and the symptoms can be persistent. An Emmaus high school student found that out the hard way. >>Kayla Danubio: 6:17 We had a big game of kick ball and me and my dad were running and we ran into each other and then i smacked my head off the ground and i passed out 6:25 >>Nancy: It's been two years of therapy for Kayla Danubio, who missed almost an entire year of school. >>Kayla Danubio : 9:04 I've had really bad eye pain. i couldn't look at the board and my paper without having blurry vision so I'm wearing bifocals now to try and make the vision part better. 9:14Kayla is a familiar visitor at the Neurorehabiliation program at Good Shepherd in Allentown.she needed here after her concussion symptoms didn't go away with the traditional recovery advice. Danubio: 6:54 i was just staying at home not using the tv and the computer and i wasn't at school and it still wasn't getting better. Then i started therapy 7:02 >>Nancy: The director of Neurorehabilitation , Sue Golden, says Good Shepherd has designed a concussion management program for people like Kayla, whose symptoms interfere with daily life and dont seem to go away with rest and time. >>Sue Golden/Good Shepherd: 5:19 Everybody thinks it's one problem but its not. It's a multi sensory issue that's usually stopping them from getting better. 5:29 >>Sue Golden, The program. therapies including physical, speech, occupational and vision therapies.The treatment is tailolod to each patient but begins with managing the concussion headache. >>Sue Golden: 1:14 Because when you have a headache, you can't think clearly. You're sensitive to light so all the other therapies aren't as effective 1:22 >>Nancy: So Sue says it's the right therapy at the right time for people like Kayla, who struggle for months and sometimes years to get their life back. >>Kayla Danubio: 7:08 It was very frustrating because i was isolated. i had my family at home and that's basically it because when i wasn't at school, people stopped talking to me 7:18 Program organizers say the treatment plan is constantly changing based on the patients progress and challenges.Nancy Werteen 69
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