How Your Treatment Will Change as You Heal Healing from a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is a process, with the type and level of care evolving as you heal. You may require care for months or even years, but you can expect the focus of that care to change, based on a variety of factors, such as the … [Read more...]
Neuroplasticity—How the Brain Heals
Understanding How Your Brain Tries to Repair Itself If you or someone you love has suffered a traumatic brain injury, whether in a car or truck accident, a slip and fall, a recreational sports collision or other type of impact, one of your overarching concerns will be whether or not you (or your … [Read more...]
The Risk Factors Related to Traumatic Brain Injury
What Are the Primary Causes of Traumatic Brain Injury? Who Is Most Likely to Suffer a TBI? Every year, approximately three million people in the United States seek medical treatment for a traumatic brain injury, with about one in every ten spending some time in the hospital to recover. While many … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)—What You Want to Avoid during Recovery
Activities that Can Impede Healing or Worsen Your Condition It’s estimated that as many as 3 million Americans seek medical care every year because of a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Though most mild traumatic brain injuries fully heal within two to four weeks, there are certain activities that can … [Read more...]
What You Can Expect When Recovering from a Traumatic Brain Injury
What Type of Functionality Can You Recover? How Long Will It Take? You've been diagnosed with a traumatic brain injury. Your first concerns are going to be about your recovery. What are your chances of returning to the life you had before your TBI? What types of functionality can you expect to get … [Read more...]
What Causes a Concussion?
What Happens in Your Body When You Suffer a Concussion? If you've been in any type of accident—a motor vehicle collision, a workplace incident or a slip and fall—and you've have a bump or blow to the head, or had your neck or head snapped violently back and forth, you may start experiencing the … [Read more...]
Factors that Can Affect Your Recovery from a Traumatic Brain Injury
Conditions that Can Limit/Promote Improved Brain Health after a TBI In the aftermath of a traumatic brain injury (TBI), you want to take all the right steps to ensure full and timely recovery of all brain function and other health. You need to be careful about how you respond to a TBI, as certain … [Read more...]
Are There Medications to Treat Traumatic Brain Injury?
Can Prescription or Over-the-Counter Drugs Help Alleviate the Symptoms of TBI? When you've suffered a bump or blow to the head, or you've had trauma to your head, neck, shoulders or upper body, there's always a risk that you've sustained a traumatic brain injury (TBI). With the wonders of modern … [Read more...]
The Relationship between Gender and Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
The Impact of Gender on Rates of Injury and Treatment Every year, nearly three million Americans seek treatment in an emergency room for what will ultimately be diagnosed as a traumatic brain injury (TBI). Data compiled by the Brain Injury Association of America (BIAA) indicates that men and women … [Read more...]
Maximizing Recovery from a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Steps You Can Take to Improve Your Chances of Full Return to Health In the aftermath of any bump or blow to the head, it's critical that you take the appropriate measures to allow your body and your brain to heal. Though full recovery from even a mild TBI can take time, there are things that you … [Read more...]
