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...]
Seven Strategies for the Hours, Days and Weeks after a Concussion
How to Maximize Your Health in the Immediate Aftermath of a Head Injury When you have suffered any type of bump or blow to your head, or have sustained any type of injury involving the violent snapping back and forth of your neck or head, the chances are great that you'll have a concussion. There's … [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...]
What to Look for after a Traumatic Brain Injury
The Symptoms of TBI | Determining the Severity In the minutes, hours, days, weeks and months after any bump or blow to the head, it's essential to pay attention to a wide range of factors to recognize the symptoms of traumatic brain injury and determine the severity of such injury. A TBI will … [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...]
Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Signs and Symptoms Associated with Mild TBI When you have suffered any type of blow to the head, neck or shoulders, you may have a traumatic brain injury (TBI), even if the impact was minimal. With any type of TBI, you should seek medical treatment. With a serious traumatic brain injury, you will … [Read more...]
The Three Different Types of Concussions
Identifying the Different Levels of Head Trauma When you've sustained any type of blow or bump to the head, you can suffer a concussion, even if the impact was minor and your symptoms are mild. Medical professionals generally categorize concussions as: Grade One, or mild, where you have … [Read more...]
Is There a Difference between a Concussion and a Traumatic Brain Injury?
Are the Symptoms the Same? Should You Treat Them Differently? You've been hurt in a car accident, at work or while involved in sports, and you've suffered an injury to your head or neck. Have you suffered a concussion? Is it a traumatic brain injury? Is there a difference, and, if so, what is it … [Read more...]
