What Is CTE? How Is It Diagnosed? What Forms of Treatment Are Available? Over the past decade or so, news reports of athletes suffering permanent brain injury have been commonplace. Initially, the incidents were almost exclusively referred to as multiple concussions. However, the term more commonly … [Read more...]
The First Steps in Diagnosing a Traumatic Brain Injury
The Initial Measures a Medical Professional Will Take to Determine Whether You Have Suffered a TBI Most of us live pretty active lives, so it’s not uncommon for us to experience a bump or blow to the head. Though our skulls do a pretty good job of protecting our brains, any time we suffer … [Read more...]
Taking the Right Steps after a Traumatic Brain Injury
The Important Things to Do When You’ve Suffered a TBI It can happen many different ways—you slip and fall and hit your head on the ground or on some stationary object. You’re in a motor vehicle accident and you suffer a whiplash injury or hit your head on the dashboard or windshield. You’re a … [Read more...]
Traumatic Brain Injury Recovery—The Early Stages
What Can You Initially Expect as You Heal from a TBI? You've been involved in an accident—you slipped and fell at home, you were in a car accident, or you had significant impact to your head while involved is some type of sports. You've exhibited the classic symptoms of a traumatic brain … [Read more...]
Medical Documentation to Support a Personal Injury Claim
How Your Health Care Provider Can Help Build Your Case When you have been injured in any type of accident, from a slip and fall to a rear-end collision, you have the right to seek full and fair compensation for all your losses, including unreimbursed medical expenses. In the immediate aftermath of … [Read more...]
Getting Medical Care through a Federal Workers’ Compensation Claim
What Workers Are Protected? How Advantage Healthcare Can Help If you are a federal worker who has suffered an injury on the job, you have a right to pursue a range of benefits through a claim with the federal Office of Workers' Compensation, a division of the U.S. Department of Labor. One of the … [Read more...]
Recognizing the Signs of Concussion in Infants and Small Children
What Are the Symptoms? What Should You Do? Children seem to be indestructible, climbing everywhere and falling off, often landing on their heads. How can you know if your small child has suffered a concussion or other serious head injury? What should you do if you suspect a concussion or … [Read more...]
The Instant Concussion Test
New Diagnostic Tool Can Give Initial Assessment in 1-2 Minutes There’s a new diagnostic test being used to determine if individuals who have received a bump to the head in contact sports may have suffered a concussion. Researchers say it doesn’t provide conclusive proof of a concussion, but … [Read more...]
The Stages of Care and Recovery after a Traumatic Brain Injury
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...]
What Is Post-Concussion Syndrome?
What Is PCS? What Are the Warning Signs? If you've been involved in an accident where you've suffered blunt force trauma to your head, neck or shoulders, or where you've experienced a violent shaking or snapping of your head, the likelihood is great that you've suffered some level of concussion. … [Read more...]
