Persistent post-concussion symptoms
The scan was clear. You still don’t feel like you.
Measure where your brain is. Correct the systems keeping you stuck. Measure again at 8 weeks. From home.
You rested. You followed instructions. You waited. Months later, the fog has not lifted.
What you are feeling is the output, not the cause. The injury healed. The systems it disrupted did not.
- Brain fog
- Headaches and head pressure
- Fatigue that sleep does not fix
- Anxiety that was not there before
- Poor sleep
- Memory lapses and lost words
- Light and noise sensitivity
- Lost focus
30+ years of clinical practice · 30,000+ people treated · Research presented in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies (2026)
What are persistent post-concussion symptoms?
Persistent post-concussion symptoms are concussion symptoms that continue beyond the expected recovery window. The 2022 Amsterdam consensus on concussion in sport defines persisting symptoms as those lasting more than four weeks, in children and adults.
They are not rare. In the TRACK-TBI study of 1,154 people with mild traumatic brain injury, 53% still reported functional limitations one year after injury, compared with 38% of people with orthopedic injuries.
They are not imaginary. A clear CT or MRI rules out bleeding and structural damage. It does not measure how your brain is regulating energy, chemistry and stress.
You are not imagining it. You are not weak. Your system is still dysregulated, and a dysregulated system can be measured and corrected.
Simone Fortier, founder of the Fascia Training Institute, on why a clear scan and persistent symptoms are not a contradiction.
The Concussion Recovery Gap
The Concussion Recovery Gap is the distance between being medically cleared and actually feeling like yourself. Standard care measures the first. Almost no one measures the second.
You were cleared because the injury healed. You are still struggling because the systems it disrupted did not. That gap is where most people are left alone, and it is the exact gap this program was built to close.
Three beliefs that keep people stuck in the gap
“Nothing works for persistent concussion symptoms.”
What has not worked is treating symptoms one at a time, or waiting. Correcting the systems that produce the symptoms is a different approach, and its results are measured.
“It has been too long. My brain is permanently like this.”
In Simone’s research, adults whose symptoms had lasted more than five years still improved. Chronic does not mean fixed. It means the system has not yet been corrected.
“My doctor said to wait it out.”
Waiting is reasonable in the first weeks. Past four weeks, international consensus recommends active, collaborative care. Waiting longer is not a plan. It is the gap.
This is the gap no one is addressing. This is where it changes.
Why time alone does not fix it
Time heals tissue. It does not recalibrate a system that has adapted to injury. After a concussion, four systems can stay disrupted long after the scan comes back clear.
01
Brain chemistry
The chemical messengers behind focus, mood, calm and memory fall out of balance. Dopamine, serotonin, GABA and acetylcholine all draw on nutrients an injured brain is short of.
02
Nervous system load
The autonomic nervous system stays on high alert. The brain treats ordinary demand as threat. Recovery stalls because the system never fully downshifts.
03
Fuel and inflammation
The brain’s energy supply and inflammatory signaling stay disrupted. Cognitive stamina drops. You can do the work, but you pay for it all evening.
04
Tension in the head and neck
Force from the impact is held in the connective tissue of the head and neck. Restriction there adds pressure, headache and strain to a system already overloaded.
Until these systems are corrected together, symptoms persist. That is why you can look fine and still feel off.
What happens in the brain after a concussion
A concussion triggers an energy crisis in the brain. Researchers Christopher Giza and David Hovda at UCLA describe it as a neurometabolic cascade: ions flood across cell membranes, glutamate surges, and the brain’s demand for fuel spikes while blood flow drops.
In most people, the cascade settles within days to weeks. In some, it does not settle completely. The brain adapts to protect itself, and the adaptation becomes the new baseline.
What the brain is doing
- Energy production stays strained
- Chemical messengers stay imbalanced
- Inflammatory signaling continues
- Stress sensitivity stays high
What you feel
- Brain fog and cognitive fatigue
- Mood swings and low motivation
- Disrupted sleep
- Anxiety and irritability
This is not psychological weakness. It is post-injury dysregulation. And it is treatable.
Stop living in “almost recovered”
You survived the concussion. You did not get your brain back.
You do not feel fully sharp. You do not feel fully steady. You do not feel fully you.
No one else can see it. They see someone who looks normal. They do not see the effort it takes to get through a day.
You have been told it takes time. You have been told it might be your new normal.
It does not have to be.
Your brain went into protection mode to survive. Now it needs the right conditions to come out of it.
“I lived with persistent post-concussion symptoms for more than four years.”
4+
years of symptoms before the program
75 to 16
Brain Health Assessment total score
79%
symptom improvement
I lived with persistent post-concussion symptoms for more than four years. Nothing truly helped—until I began working with Simone Fortier.
Through the Brain Reset Program, my symptoms improved by 79%. I had more energy, could think more clearly, and felt a calm I hadn’t experienced in years.
Returning to work meant being able to do what I love again. As a therapist, I also began incorporating the protocols that had helped me into my own practice. I saw my clients make progress where they had previously felt stuck.
The difference was personal before it became professional. I felt like myself again.
Thank you, Simone.
“My symptoms improved by 79%. I could finally return fully to work.”
Donna Henry · Therapist · Completed the Brain Reset Program before she trained as a Dynamic Brain Healing practitioner
Brain Health Assessment total score, first and most recent. Lower scores mean fewer symptoms.
The injury had not changed. The system had.
How the Brain Reset Program works
The Brain Reset Program is a measured, five-step recovery process delivered entirely online. Every step is built on your own data, and progress is read from that data, not from impressions.
1
Complete your Brain Health Assessment
An online assessment, about 15 minutes. It maps your symptom patterns across focus, mood, calm, memory, sleep and stress, and sets your baseline.
2
First private consultation with Simone (45 minutes, online)
Simone interprets your results, identifies which systems are carrying the most load, and reviews every supplement and medication you take.
3
Receive your personalized Brain Reset program
Targeted brain nutrition, a supplement protocol matched to your results, and nervous system regulation strategies you use at home. Supplements are purchased separately.
4
Reassess at 8 weeks
You complete the same assessment again. On this assessment, lower scores mean improvement. Change is measured, not guessed.
5
Second consultation and refined program
Simone reviews what changed and builds your next-phase program from the new data.
What the $1,197 Concussion Recovery Package includes
This is a system recalibration process, not a consultation. Each component has one job.
| Component | What it does |
|---|---|
| Baseline Brain Health Assessment | Maps your symptom patterns and sets the starting point every result is measured against |
| First 45-minute private consultation with Simone | Turns your data into a clinical picture: which systems are overloaded, and in what order to correct them |
| Full supplement and medication review | Removes guesswork and duplication. Brand, dose and timing matter, and they are checked |
| Personalized Brain Reset program, phase one | Nutrition, supplementation and nervous system regulation matched to your results |
| 8-week reassessment | Shows what moved and what did not, in numbers |
| Second 45-minute private consultation with Simone | Reads the change and adjusts the plan |
| Personalized Brain Reset program, phase two | Your refined protocol for the next stage of recovery |
Two assessments. Two consultations. Two programs. One measured path back.
Picture your 8-week reassessment
You open your results. For the first time since the injury, you are not guessing how you are doing. You are looking at it.
You can see which systems moved. You know what to do next, because Simone has already built it. You are not waiting for a good day. You are following a plan.
That is the shift. From managing symptoms to correcting the system. From “almost recovered” to measured progress.
The only question is whether that reassessment happens eight weeks from now, or not at all.
Why this works when waiting has not
Most post-concussion care manages symptoms one at a time or asks you to wait. The Brain Reset Program corrects the systems that produce the symptoms.
| Wait and see | Symptom management | Brain Reset Program | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Starting point | Time | Your worst symptom | Your measured baseline |
| Target | Nothing specific | Headache, sleep or mood, one at a time | The systems producing the symptoms |
| Brain nutrition | Not addressed | Rarely addressed | Matched to your results |
| Nervous system regulation | Not addressed | Sometimes | Built into your program |
| Progress tracking | How you feel | How you feel | Reassessed at 8 weeks, in numbers |
| Who reads your results | No one | Varies | Simone Fortier, personally, twice |
This is not symptom management. It is system correction.
Measured, not assumed
Most programs show you testimonials. This one shows you data, with its limits stated plainly.
The Brain Reset Program: outcomes analysis
38%
median reduction in symptom scores, 124 program clients
90%
of program clients improved
2 in 3
improved by 30% or more
2.9%
median change in 106 people who retested without the program
Brain Reset Program Outcomes White Paper, Fascia Training Institute, October 2026. 124 clients who completed the Brain Health Assessment at least twice while following the program, 2021 to 2026. Statistical analysis by Shlomi Brielle, PhD. All four symptom domains improved, led by focus and drive (40%).
The hands-on method: multi-practitioner study
The hands-on arm of Simone’s method, Dynamic Brain Healing, was studied separately in 41 adults whose symptoms had persisted for more than five years. After two sessions, delivered by practitioners from athletic therapy, massage therapy and manual osteopathy, 11 of 41 outcomes improved significantly more than in a comparison group receiving other care. All 11 showed large effect sizes. They included sadness, difficulty remembering and headache.
Fortier S. et al. Dynamic Brain Healing for Persistent Post-Concussive Symptoms: A Multi-Practitioner Case Series. Conference abstract, selected for oral presentation. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies, 2026. Independent statistical analysis with false discovery rate correction.
About this data. The Brain Health Assessment is a self-report instrument, not a diagnostic test, and it does not directly measure neurotransmitter levels. Neither dataset is randomized. Clients chose whether to follow the program, and the time between assessments varied (median 157 days). Results held whether clients were followed for under three months or over a year. We publish these limits because measured recovery should be held to a measured standard. Longitudinal follow-up is underway.
From people who had tried everything
$1,000,000
I have the resources to access any healer, any specialist, any program in the world. I had tried everything. I offered Simone a million dollars if she could help me. I believed nothing could. She did it in one session. I now do every program Simone offers — not because I have to, but because I have felt what happens when the body is truly heard.
Mark K. · Self-made Entrepreneur · Brain Reset Program client
Simone’s methods don’t just resolve injuries; they create lasting improvements in brain health, recovery, and performance.
Meeting Simone was a real breakthrough for me. Simone is truly a caring, skilled and effective therapist. I recommend her without hesitation.
[Brad May quote]
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Who built this program
Simone Fortier, BSc, is the founder of the Fascia Training Institute and the developer of Dynamic Brain Healing and the Brain Reset Program. Over more than 30 years of clinical practice, beginning with her first Calgary clinic in 1992, she has treated more than 30,000 people, many of them adults whose post-concussion symptoms did not resolve under standard care.
She has worked with athletes from the NFL, the NHL and Olympic programs, and has trained approximately 250 healthcare practitioners across Canada and the United States. Her multi-practitioner research on persistent post-concussion symptoms was selected for oral presentation and published in abstract form in the Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies in 2026.
- BSc Psychology, University of Calgary
- Functional Neurology, Carrick Institute
- Concussion Management, Laval University
- Creator, FTI Brain Health Assessment
- Featured by Fox, CBS and Thrive Global
- Doctoral-level research in progress on fascia, neuroplasticity and autonomic regulation
“Symptoms are outputs, not causes. When the system changes, everything changes.”
Transcript
Questions about persistent post-concussion symptoms
Why won’t my concussion symptoms go away?
Concussion symptoms persist when the systems disrupted by the injury do not fully recalibrate. Brain chemistry, nervous system load, energy supply and tension in the head and neck can stay out of balance long after the brain has structurally healed. A clear scan rules out structural damage. It does not show how these systems are regulating.
Can you recover from post-concussion symptoms months or years later?
Yes, change is possible years after the injury. In Simone Fortier’s multi-practitioner study of 41 adults whose symptoms had lasted more than five years, 11 of 41 outcomes improved significantly more after two hands-on sessions than with other care. Chronic does not mean fixed. It means the system has not yet been corrected.
My CT and MRI were normal. Why do I still have symptoms?
Standard CT and MRI scans detect bleeding, swelling and structural injury. They are not designed to detect the functional changes that keep symptoms going, such as disrupted energy metabolism, chemical imbalance and an overactive stress response. A normal scan is good news. It is not proof that you have recovered.
What helps brain fog after a concussion?
Brain fog after a concussion usually reflects a brain that is short on fuel and overloaded by stress. What helps is correcting both: targeted brain nutrition, nervous system regulation, and measuring change over time rather than waiting. The Brain Reset Program builds these into a plan matched to your Brain Health Assessment results.
Can anxiety or depression start after a concussion?
Yes. Mood changes, anxiety and irritability are recognized post-concussion symptoms, and they are not a sign of weakness. They often reflect a nervous system stuck on high alert and imbalances in the systems that regulate mood and calm. In Simone’s study, sadness was among the outcomes that improved most. Continue working with your physician for any mood symptoms.
What is the Brain Reset Program?
The Brain Reset Program is an online recovery process for persistent post-concussion symptoms, created by Simone Fortier, founder of the Fascia Training Institute. It includes two Brain Health Assessments, two private 45-minute consultations with Simone, two personalized programs of targeted brain nutrition and nervous system regulation, and a full supplement review.
What is included in the $1,197 Concussion Recovery Package?
The package includes a baseline Brain Health Assessment, an 8-week reassessment, two private 45-minute online consultations with Simone Fortier, two personalized Brain Reset programs and a full supplement and medication review. Supplements are purchased separately. Hands-on Dynamic Brain Healing sessions are available separately and are not required.
How is progress measured?
Progress is measured by repeating the Brain Health Assessment at 8 weeks and comparing it with your baseline. On this assessment, lower scores mean improvement. The assessment is a symptom-based questionnaire. It is not a diagnostic test and does not directly measure neurotransmitter levels. It tracks the patterns those systems produce.
Do I need to travel?
No. The Brain Reset Program is delivered entirely online, including both assessments and both consultations. Clients who also want hands-on Dynamic Brain Healing can book sessions separately, online or in person in Calgary, Alberta and Scottsdale, Arizona.
What if I have had more than one concussion?
Multiple concussions often mean more accumulated load on the same systems, and the program is designed for that. Your assessment results show which systems are carrying the most load, and your plan is built around them. Tell Simone about every head injury in your first consultation, including ones that were never diagnosed.
Can I continue my other treatments and medications?
Yes. The Brain Reset Program works alongside physical therapy, vestibular therapy, vision therapy and medical care. Do not stop or change any prescribed medication without your physician’s direction. Your supplement and medication review checks for duplication and interactions with what you already take.
Is the program covered by insurance or HSA/FSA?
The Brain Reset Program is not billed to insurance directly. A detailed receipt is available on request. Whether you can claim it through insurance, an HSA or an FSA depends on your plan, so check with your provider before you purchase. Programs are non-refundable.
What if I don’t improve?
If you follow your program exactly as directed for the full 8 weeks and your reassessment shows no improvement, your third consultation with Simone and a revised program are included at no cost. As directed means every recommended nutrient at the specified dose and timing, both consultations attended, and your reassessment completed on schedule, with nothing skipped or substituted.
Start your measured recovery
This program is for you if
- Your symptoms have lasted more than four weeks, or for years
- Your scans are clear but you do not feel like yourself
- You have tried rest, time or symptom-by-symptom care, and it has not been enough
- You want your progress measured, not guessed
This program is not for you if
- Your concussion happened in the last few days. See a physician first
- Your symptoms are getting worse. Seek medical care now
- You want a passive fix with no change to nutrition or daily habits
Concussion Recovery Package
$1,197 USD
One payment. Delivered entirely online.
- Two Brain Health Assessments: baseline and 8-week reassessment
- Two private 45-minute consultations with Simone Fortier
- Two personalized Brain Reset programs
- Full supplement and medication review
Supplements are purchased separately. Programs are non-refundable. Cancellation Policy
The Measured Results Assurance. Follow your program exactly as directed for the full 8 weeks: every recommended nutrient at the specified dose and timing, both consultations attended, and your reassessment completed on schedule. If your 8-week reassessment shows no improvement, your third consultation with Simone and a revised program are included at no cost.
Simone personally reviews every assessment and leads every consultation, so new clients are limited to 10 per month.
Questions before you begin? Call 1-800-843-0917 or email info@simonefortier.com.
You are not dramatic. You are not imagining it. You are not weak.
You are living with persistent post-concussion symptoms, and there is a measured path forward.
You survived the injury. Now restore the brain that carries your life.
If your symptoms are worsening, or you have a severe or increasing headache, repeated vomiting, weakness, slurred speech or confusion, seek emergency medical care now. The Brain Reset Program works alongside medical care and does not replace it.
References
- Fortier S. Brain Reset Program Outcomes White Paper. Fascia Training Institute, October 2026.
- Fortier S. et al. Dynamic Brain Healing for persistent post-concussive symptoms: a multi-practitioner case series. Conference abstract, oral presentation. Journal of Bodywork and Movement Therapies. 2026.