David BrimacombePost-concussion syndrome (PCS) recovery coach

Your Brain Learned PCS Symptoms — It Can Unlearn Them #neuroplasticity #pcsrecovery #brainrewiring

27 Feb 2026 · 1 min

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In this brief monologue, David Brimacombe explains that post-concussion syndrome (PCS) symptoms such as head, neck, or body pain that flare during certain activities are often the result of learned neural pathways—conditioned associations formed in the brain—rather than ongoing physical damage. He emphasizes that these learned connections create a permanent‑looking link between an action and pain, but highlights that neuroplasticity allows these pathways to be altered or “unlearned,” offering a hopeful route to symptom recovery and brain rewiring.

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I am here to tell you something. That pain that you feel, maybe you have pain in your head, in your neck, in other parts of your body, symptoms that flare when you do certain activities. It doesn't mean that those activities are actually causing you harm, like it's causing a great distress to your body. What it could mean, and what it likely means, is that that neural pathway that has been created, that learned association in your brain that has been created, has made that connection. When I do this, I feel this, and that is permanent. Okay, now the best part about this is that you can change this.