Reconciling “ Who I Am Now” with “Who I Used to Be”
The human brain is complex. Every brain injury is unique. But nearly every person who suffers a brain injury experiences that frightening feeling of “I am not myself anymore.” In mild traumatic brain...
View ArticleStudy Shows Brain Atrophy following “Mild” Traumatic Brain Injury
Further evidence that the term “mild” should never be used in connection with brain injury can be found in a study published in the March 2013 issue of the Journal Radiology. In the study, NYU medical...
View ArticleGrowing Support for Treating TBI as a Chronic Disease
Two recent peer reviewed papers support the position statement adopted by the Brain Injury Association in 2009 that “Brain Injury” be treated not as static event from which patients gradually recover...
View ArticleNew Study Shows that Brain Injury May Accelerate Aging
A new study published in the Annals of Neurology – the official journal of the American Neurological Association – adds further evidence in support of our growing understanding that TBI, especially...
View ArticleTBI can trigger Pathology in the Gut-Brain Axis and Increase Infections
Several of my traumatic brain injury (TBI) clients have been treated for gut issues – issues that were not present prior to their TBI. Insurers, of course, insist that this treatment cannot be related...
View ArticleConcussions Can Impair Emotional Processing During Sleep Contributing to...
As discussed in prior posts on this blog, sleep alterations are commonly found after a concussion or other traumatic brain injury, both short term and in some cases long term. One of the most well...
View ArticleCognitive Training Reduces Depression and Changes Brain Structure in...
Research scientists at the Center for Brain Health at the University of Texas at Dallas have just published a study, funded by the US Department of Defense, supporting the effectiveness of...
View ArticleNeuroendocrine issues, often overlooked following TBI, leave patients with...
In prior posts I have discussed the growing evidence that traumatic brain injuries, even so-called “mild” traumatic brain injuries (mTBI), can lead to neuroendocrine dysfunction (NED) – most commonly...
View ArticleDefense Department Study Finds that Targeted Treatment Improves Chronic...
A recent Defense Department/University of Pittsburgh study confirms three important points made in prior posts: So called “mild” traumatic brain injury (“mTBI”) can have long-term, disabling...
View ArticleArticle debunks defense myth that the risk of injury in a “minor impact”...
Most personal injury lawyers have represented clients suffering from the chronic consequences of concussion and musculoskeletal injuries following a rear end collision that caused minimal damage to the...
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