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REAL EXPERIENCE. REAL SOLUTIONS. A BRIGHTER FUTURE.Struggling with ongoing symptoms
Struggling with ongoing symptoms
after a concussion?
I help people recover from concussion and Post-Concussion Syndrome by identifying and addressing the root causes of their symptoms, not just managing them.
Personalised one-to-one support combining education, structured recovery guidance and practical strategies to help you regain confidence, rebuild your life, and move forward.
No obligation, just a chance to talk about what you're experiencing and see whether I can help.
"I've been there. I know what it's like."
Barney
"I've been there. I know what it's like."
Barney
Evidence-informed
approach
Personalised
one-to-one support
Focus on long-term
recovery, not just symptom management
Practical strategies
for real-life progress
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About
About Me
Concussion and Post-Concussion Syndrome can turn your life upside down. The symptoms can be confusing, isolating, and often misunderstood, even by medical professionals. The Concussion Journey was created to bridge that gap. After my own battle with 20+ concussions, this platform combines lived experience, scientific research, practical recovery strategies and proven counselling/mental health theories to help people understand what's happening in their brain and body, and more importantly, what they can do about it.
Through education, structured recovery guidance, and personalised support, The Concussion Journey helps people regain confidence, rebuild their lives, and move forward beyond concussion.
How I Can Help
The Pillars of Recovery
Mental Health and Belief in recovery
Diet + Gut health
Autonomic Nervous System
Neck Functioning
Vestibular + Ocular
The Concussion Journey Portal
What separates our approach to recovery from the rest
The Concussion Journey portal is the private space every client gets when they start working with Barney. It turns a recovery plan into something you can follow day by day, on your phone or your laptop.
Your private, invite-only recovery space
The portal supports coaching and education alongside your medical care. It is not a medical device and does not diagnose or treat any condition.
Your personalised plan
A short assessment maps your symptoms across every system (balance, eyes, neck, energy, thinking, sleep and more) into a recovery wheel, and builds a phased plan from it.
Today's routine
Open the portal and your day is laid out: what to do and in what order, ticked off as you go.
Guided rehab
Step-by-step vestibular, ocular and neck exercises in clear phases, with heart-rate guided exercise and screen pacing for getting back to work or study.
One simple diary
Log how you feel, what you did and how it went in under a minute. Look back over the weeks and see how far you have come.
A weekly report that writes itself
Your diary becomes a bullet-point summary for each call, so nothing gets forgotten.
A direct line to Barney
Private messaging, your appointments and the notes from your calls, all in one thread.
A learning library
Plain-language guides on sleep, nutrition, the nervous system and the questions clients ask most.
Private and secure
Invite-only access. Your data is encrypted and seen only by you and Barney.
Is This You?
Do any of these sound like you?
Sensitivity to light + noise
Dizziness + balance issues
Vision changes
Digestive issues post head injury
Headaches + migraines
Heightened anxiety
Neck dysfunction and stiffness
Extreme fatigue
Depression + lack of motivation post head injury
Symptoms triggered by exercise
How I Support You
How I Support You
Education on Concussion
Persistent symptoms can be confusing and overwhelming. While doctors and nurses do their best, they're often stretched thin and not always equipped with the latest concussion research. Our aim is to bridge that gap, bringing you up-to-date, forward-thinking knowledge and support you might not receive in a standard GP visit.
Support
The right support for concussion can be very hard to find and quite an arduous process for someone struggling with symptoms. We aim to give you all the advice you need or at least point you in the right direction.
Routine Planning
Navigating concussion recovery can be overwhelming without having to juggle a career, social life, school and everything else that goes on in life, and you cannot just give these things up. I have found through my own recovery experience, and through helping others through theirs, that a routine that allows you to recover effectively but also doesn't leave you with symptoms all day is the best approach. It is delicate and precise but well directed to make sure you are recovering as quick as your body will allow.
Rehab Methods
There are many factors that can prolong symptoms, and some of the most effective treatments are easily accessible in a gym or using at home physio/rehab techniques. We aim to share some/point in the right direction.
Services
Services
Book a 30 minute discovery call
Learn more about what The Concussion Journey is all about and I will give a taste of my experience and what has got me to where I am today. Hopefully you will come away from the call with some free information on how to improve your symptoms, and if you are impressed enough then you will have a chance to progress to the full 121 Concussion Buddy programme.
Signature Programme
The Concussion Buddy Programme
A structured coaching programme built around the 6 Pillars of Recovery, combining expert-led rehab, nervous system regulation, movement, mindset, nutrition, and support. Personalised, science-backed, and designed to help you finally move forward, one step at a time.
- 121 coaching calls + 24/7 Access: Calls to guide you through your personalised programme to help you every step of the way.
- Personal Programme: A Programme designed to guide you every step of the way through your recovery and gradually progress you along the way.
Success Stories
Success Stories
She'd started accepting this was just her life. It wasn't.
From unable to hold her own head up to two job offers in one day, a day trip abroad, Wimbledon, and getting back into sport, all without a single crash in months. "If I'd started sooner, I would have had my life back much sooner."
She was pushing through concussion symptoms to avoid letting her team down.
Dizzy on every run, waking up feeling hungover with nothing to drink. Three months later, she understands why, and knows when a headache means stop versus when it means keep going.
"I already rested for so long, and the resting didn't help me at all."
Crying every day, couldn't work, couldn't go to uni. Three months later: full work hours, hockey training, a 3-hour bike ride, and barely thinking about her symptoms.
She played through headaches every day because soccer felt like her only happiness.
It took four years and a coach telling her to consider quitting before things changed. Now she's symptom-managed, thriving academically, and at peace with a life that isn't built around the sport.
She spent a year on medication just to feel 50% like herself.
Constant headaches, memory issues, unable to process what people said to her. Today: no lingering symptoms, and confident calling herself recovered.
A professional rugby player. Multiple concussions. One program built entirely around him.
Other specialists pushed him in directions that weren't right for his body. Three months of a genuinely tailored, trial-and-error approach later, his symptoms have improved massively.
"None of the neurologists I saw had ever had a concussion themselves."
A retired professional rugby player on nine years of vague answers, and what changed when someone who'd actually lived it finally gave him a plan.
"I was drowning. I had no clue what I was doing."
Living in a dark room, headaches every day, no social life. Three months later: back on the bike at 150 beats per minute, back at the football stadium, and back to feeling like herself.
Resources
Published Papers
FAQs
Frequently Asked Questions
PCS is diagnosed when concussion symptoms persist beyond the expected recovery window (usually 2 to 4 weeks). Common symptoms include headaches, dizziness, fatigue, brain fog, memory problems, sensitivity to light/sound, and mood changes. If these symptoms last longer than expected, it's important to seek professional guidance. Our program is designed to help manage and improve these ongoing issues in a structured, evidence-based way.