After a concussion or traumatic brain injury (TBI), many people experience a disruptive symptom called perseveration, which is often mistaken for perseverance. Perseverance is not giving up until you succeed, but perseveration means not being able to give up. A person with a brain injury may not be able to move on from a question or topic, or may repeat … Read More
When the Mind Changes: Understanding Anger and Personality Shifts After a Traumatic Brain Injury
A traumatic brain injury (TBI) can change you at your core, the part that makes you you. Personality change occurs in 59.1% of traumatic brain injuries, according to researchers. A once calm and patient individual may suddenly become irritable, short-tempered, withdrawn, or exhibit childlike behavior after a brain injury. Some talk nonstop; others barely speak at all. For many, these … Read More
Acceleration and Deceleration Brain Injuries | Whiplash & Traumatic Axonal Injury
Rapid acceleration and deceleration brain injuries are some of the most common injuries we see our clients for. While they have a wide variety of causes, they’re very common in car wrecks. These traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) harm your brain in a number of ways. In this article, you’ll learn what rapid acceleration and deceleration do to your brain, what … Read More
Point of Care Testing for Traumatic Brain Injuries: Progressive or Problematic?
We often are subjected to the impetus from social media to keep up with the latest trends in an increasingly competitive society. So, when a new device becomes commercially available claiming it’s a quick way to diagnose a TBI, we need to ask—is it too good to be true? Could our health potentially suffer at the expense of skipping an … Read More
The Ultimate Penalty Kick…Soccer and CTE
FIFA President Gianni Infantino said: “[Football] brings people together like nothing else and the FIFA World Cup will be a celebration of that unity and passion for the game we love so much.” Think about it, what other sport brings together the most unexpected people spanning celebrities to your local grocer, your grandmother and your dentist? Football, or soccer if … Read More
