Should You Seek Medical Care Any Time You Bump Your Head? With most head injuries, because there's no visible sign of trauma, you may be uncertain as to whether you should seek medical attention. Clearly, if you had any significant impact between your head or neck and another object, such as a … [Read more...]
TBI and Sleep Disorders
Common Types of Sleep Disorders Associated With Traumatic Brain Injury Studies show that nearly two of every three people who suffer a traumatic brain injury experience some type of long-term sleep disorder. The risk of interference with sleep patterns is believed to increase about threefold if you … [Read more...]
What Can Cause a Sleep Disorder After a TBI?
What Factors Might Interfere With Your Sleep Patterns? One of the common symptoms of a traumatic brain injury is marked changes in your sleep patterns. You experience difficulty falling or staying asleep, or you find yourself struggling most of the time to stay awake. What's causing those … [Read more...]
What You Should Do after a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
Feeling Better and Minimizing Risk After a Concussion The majority of traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are considered mild. These mild TBIs are referred to as concussions. In most instances, if you do the right things, you can expect to fully recover from a concussion within a couple months; … [Read more...]
Increased Risk of Traumatic Brain Injury in Older Adults
Factors That Cause Senior Citizens to Have a Higher TBI Rate | Potential Warning Signs of a TBI Data collected by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) consistently find that older Americans have a substantially higher risk of suffering a traumatic brain injury (TBI) than any other … [Read more...]
Can You Fully Recover From a Traumatic Brain Injury?
Will Life Return to How It Was Before Your Injury? When you've suffered any type of bump or blow to the head, it's common to want to know as soon as possible if and when you can get back to living your life. Can you expect a full recovery? Will you have to live your life differently as a … [Read more...]
What Are the Common Rehab Options for Treating a TBI?
Tools That Can Be Used to Help You Recover When you've suffered any type of bump or blow to the head, your first concerns are about restoring mental and physical health. In an earlier blog, we talked about pharmaceutical products that can aid your recovery, as well as some surgical procedures that … [Read more...]
Minimizing the Risk of a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI)
Strategies You Can Use in Your Daily Life According to statistics gathered by the Centers for Disease Control, approximately three million people seek treatment in an emergency room or urgent care facility every year because of some type of traumatic brain injury (TBI). Most TBIs are mild injuries … [Read more...]
The Importance of Counseling After a Traumatic Brain Injury
How Working with a Counselor Can Improve Your Recovery After a TBI In the aftermath of any type of physical injury, your initial focus is typically on the ways that medicine can help you physically heal. But there's a mental/emotional component to every injury, and even more so with a traumatic … [Read more...]
The Different Types of Therapy Available to Treat a Traumatic Brain Injury
Physical Therapy | Occupational Therapy | Occupational Rehabilitation | Behavioral Therapy According to research compiled by the National Institute of Health, more than 70% of all traumatic brain injuries are considered to be mild. Furthermore, nearly three-quarters of mild TBI victims make a full … [Read more...]
