My book The Concussion Breakthrough: Discover the Missing Pieces to Recovery is now available on Amazon! I have included a sneak peak from the introduction below. If you want to have a better understanding of the content covered in the book, please go to the listing on Amazon, and click the button below the book that says “Read Sample”, which will show my entire table of contents broken down into all of the sub-categories.
Excerpt from the Introduction:
“Writing a book was never something I anticipated doing. However, back in 2015, I started a company called Life After Impact for the purpose of helping people who were looking for answers. At first, I thought it would be a health coaching company. However, with my doctoral studies, clinical practice, and research projects all happening at once, Life After Impact never got off the ground, except for a few Instagram posts! Then, in 2020, I wanted to bring it to life once again.
Five years had passed. I had so much more experience, so much more to share. The pandemic had other plans. I had just opened a new clinic, and starting a new business in the middle of a global pandemic took all my energy. Finally, in 2024, with an encouraging push from a long-time friend, I made the decision, once again, to breathe life into the business. At this point, I was treating one patient at a time, often providing the same information and clearing up confusion around the same questions over and over. I spend a lot of time with each of my patients, which means I can’t see very many people in a week. My work was fulfilling, and yet, it kept gnawing at me, knowing that millions of people are out there, suffering from post-concussion syndrome. I wanted to help more people.
I had a lot of experience teaching other healthcare providers through online continuing education courses, so I thought, why don’t I just bring this information directly to the people who need it? I spent six months building out courses on different topics, but something felt wrong. It wasn’t flowing. Finally, I stopped fighting it, and the answer came to me. I need to write a book first. Once I made that decision, I was in my flow state for the rest of the year. While writing this book, I still saw patients full-time, ran my clinic, managed my staff, went to the gym, and locked up my chickens every night before bed. This book was written in every other free minute I could find.
It has not escaped me that many people suffering from post-concussion syndrome have visual symptoms, difficulty with attention, focus, and cognitive fatigue, all making reading difficult. I realized that writing was the medium I needed to begin with – it helped me organize everything swirling in my head and set the stage for the many other ways I envision sharing this information. This book is just my launch pad, and a podcast called Life After Impact: The Concussion Recovery Podcast was started immediately after finishing the manuscript.”
This book has something for everyone, and can be useful for practitioners and patients alike.
In health,
Dr. Ayla Wolf DAOM, L.Ac.
