The common signs of a concussion appear very often after a bicycle or car crash (don’t call them “accidents”). These symptoms are serious signs of long lasting and life changing brain injury. There are four general categories: 1. Thinking/remembering, 2. Physical, 3. Emotional/mood and 4. Sleeping. The symptoms include: Thinking/remembering: difficulty thinking clearly, feeling slow […]
Brain Injuries from Crashes
“Why am I Depressed After an Injury?” What Is Going on with My Emotions?
Many times after car crash or traumatic injury, an injured person goes through an emotional roller coaster of ups and downs. These emotions are fast moving, strong and seem to take over your mind blocking out what you need or want to think about. Emotions including depression, panic, paranoia, fear of the future, being overwhelmed, […]
Encouraging News for You Who Have Suffered a Traumatic Brain Injury including Concussion
After the initial physical recover from trauma and the scars and bruises are healing, there is nothing more devastating than realizing your brain does not work like it did before your injury. The almost total isolation from people who care but can’t understand is gut wrenching. Realizing you can’t remember names, faces, incidents or where […]
Driving a Bicycle is not an Invitation to Hit a Cyclist
I recently read an article in the Irish Times about a push by police (the Garda) to require bicyclist to wear helmets and high visibility vests when riding. Here’s the link to the article. Of course, the import of the article was “cyclists should do something to prevent being killed.” The “authorities” behind this idea must have […]
Everything You’ve Heard about Concussions is WRONG.
After a blow to the head, the survivor, her family, friends, co-workers all expect the injured person to “be okay.” After initial weeks of recovery it seems like that’s the case. However, if you can get this injured person to stop normalizing the odd things she’s experiencing and be totally honest, you will hear that […]
It’s Not Just a “Concussion” It’s a Permanent Injury to Your Brain
A chilling medical study, reported in Science Daily, described the findings of a new study presented November 29, 2016 at the annual meeting of the Radiological Society of North America (RSNA). The study used specialized MRI scans to examine high school football players brains before and after one season of football play. The MRIs revealed […]
Concussions • Dazed • Knocked Unconscious
When the human brain is damaged by any force from a fall, a bicycle or motor vehicle crash, life is changed. I can help you. The Center for Disease Control says everyone is at risk for a TBI, especially children and older adults. It defines any injury to the brain, no matter how mild, as […]