Informed concussion recovery
Most brain injuries are invisible. They don't show up on scans. They show up in your life. If you've been told you should be better by now, or you just can't make sense of why recovery feels so hard, this is for you.
This isn't generic advice. It's a profile of you, how you're wired, and what that means for your recovery. And for athletes, it starts before injury ever happens.
Sample recovery profile
Your personalised report maps 26 brain function areas and 13 personality traits
Large gap
Moderate gap
Wiring — High drive
Who is this for
Whether you're the one in recovery, or the person trying to understand and support them, this tool gives everyone a clearer picture of what's actually going on.
Get clarity early on the factors that could shape how your recovery goes.
Post-concussion symptoms are complex. This tool helps explain why.
Each concussion builds on the last. Understanding your baseline matters.
If recovery feels stuck, this tool can surface what might be getting in the way.
Brain injury affects the whole household. Partners, parents, friends, and employers often want to help but don't know how, and the person in recovery can't always explain what they need. This tool gives everyone a shared language. Understanding how someone is wired can change the conversations you have, reduce the friction, and make support feel less like guesswork on both sides.
Two tools, one framework
Both tools use the same framework — 26 brain function areas across four clusters, plus 13 personality wiring traits — so a pre-injury baseline and a post-injury recovery profile speak the same language.
For athletes
Map how your brain naturally functions before any injury occurs. Give your clinician and coach a clear baseline to work from if you ever sustain a concussion.
Take the Sports Brain Profile →For people in recovery
Map what has changed since your injury across 26 brain function areas. Understand your personality wiring and how it shapes your recovery. Bring the report to your clinician.
Take the Recovery Tool →Sample report
A personalised report generated immediately, designed to share directly with your clinician or coach.
How it works
Answer questions across 26 brain function areas and 13 personality traits. No right or wrong answers. Takes around 15 to 20 minutes depending on which tool you are completing.
Your personalised report is generated immediately. For the recovery tool, it shows functional gaps, key focus areas, and wiring amplifiers. For the Sports Brain Profile, it shows your baseline function and personality wiring. Download as PDF or print.
Bring your report to your OT, physio, GP, or neuropsychologist to inform a more tailored recovery plan. Or share it with someone close to you — it gives everyone a shared language for something that is often hard to explain.
No. This is a self-report profile tool. It is designed to support more targeted, informed conversations with your healthcare team and support people, not to replace them.
Your name, email, and responses are stored securely to personalise your report and support your recovery tracking. Your information is never shared with third parties. You can request deletion at any time by emailing hello@brainrecoverymap.com.
Recovery library
Recovery doesn't fit neatly into a single category. That's why we use Te Whare Tapa Whā, a Māori health model developed by Sir Mason Durie, to make sure nothing gets missed.
The model understands wellbeing as a wharenui (meeting house) with four walls, each representing a different dimension of health. For the structure to stand strong, all four walls, plus the land it stands on, must be equally supported. Remove one and the whole house weakens.
Healing a brain injury isn't just physical. It's everything, body, mind, spirit, relationships, and connection to place. This framework reflects that.
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3 articlesAbout this platform
I'm Ally. I've had eight concussions. The last serious one in 2015 changed my life significantly. It took nine years to get a permanent injury diagnosis, and along the way I collected everything that helped.
Brain Recovery Map started as a personal reference, something to rely on when my own memory wasn't working. Then I realised other people might find it useful too. The concussion reflection tool grew from the same place: frustration that recovery advice is so generic when every brain is different.
Understanding my own wiring didn't just help me recover. It changed how I communicate with my husband and kids about what I need. It gave us a shared language for something that used to cause a lot of friction. That's what this tool can do.
"Never give up hope."
— Ally Naylor, Napier, Aotearoa New Zealand