Traumatic brain injury

October of 2005 I was hit by a car as a pedestrian. I broke by right leg and suffered a traumatic brain injury. I went from a young, fun, happy-go-lucky, optimistic energetic girl into an angry, reclusive, and misunderstood person. Weeks after the accident I tried to return to my classes. My attention span had shortened dramatically and I was unable to concentrate. I was 17 years old and a senior in High School. I was the captain of the girls cross-country team. I felt that I had lost my…

The article is about how our brain responds to music and how it helps a person with Traumatic Brain Injury. George Howard, a contributor to Forbes magazine, interviewed the CEO of the company "MedRythms" Brian Harris, to explained how their approach is more effective than Physical Therapy. "MedRhythms" is a neuro-rehab company that helps people who suffered a neurologic injury or disease to be treated using "Neurologic Music Therapy". According to the website of the company Medrythms,…

This little accident better produce a traumatic brain injury. ~ Wobbling up the driveway, she met Pete working on his rubber band ball. “Hey, what’s wrong, Millie?” Rubbing her head, “I don’t know. I think I crashed your bike.” “Get off right now!” He made a careful inspection, “I don’t see any scratches. Hey, what happened to your face?” Thunder rumbled in the distance as Millie tried to see the back door through her blurry eyes. She tripped over the threshold and stumbled into the kitchen.…

When I was four years old I almost died. I fractured the left side of my skull while playing with a ball. The fracture caused two subdural hematomas resulting in a traumatic brain injury. After my surgery I went into rehab and was discharged a week later. Today I still deal with the results from this accident. My traumatic brain injury caused a learning disability that I have had to learn to deal with every single day. My learning disability made me study more during school and taught me how to…

War is a critical engagement that does not end with the stop of guns t the battle field. More than 17,530 US troops in 2009 were hospitalized for mental disorders. Traumatic brain injury is the most prominent injury that occurs in war with more than 50% of all combat related casualties a result of brain injury. With the advances in treatment and evacuation, however, more wounded soldiers are surviving than they did just a few years ago. However, hundreds of thousands are coming home and…

Traumatic Brain Injury Survivor Ivan Loesch Shares Ordeal in Memoir The book provides readers an extremely interesting look into the life and struggles of a traumatic brain injury (TBI) survivor. On September 1988, Ivan Loesch, then 10, was hit by a motorist who was speeding on his way to work. He was sent as high as the telephone wires. It was a miracle that he survived: he woke up after three months in coma. Loesch live to tell his tale in his memoir aptly titled Brain Injury (AuthorHouse,…

Every year in the United States 700,00 children endure a head injury and these injuries place the children at risk for many challenges such as behavioral, cognitive, and academic. Although traumatic brain injury has been a ruling in special education for 25 years only a small percentage actually qualifies to receive those services. This article states that educators admit that they lack the knowledge and skills to work with students who have TBI because there is limited training and inadequate…

Living with a traumatic brain injury is the worst thing that ever happened to me. When I was Eight years old I cracked my skull at my elementary school, it all happened when I was playing tag with my best friend Blanca. I went on the other side of the school and hid behind a bench, on a bar, above a window well. In second grade you're not smart enough to know that those bars are there for a reason… you just see them and go to them without even thinking. I, unfortunately, sat on the bar, two…

taken out of the game, and then has to through the National Football League’s concussion tests (Pennington). This new concussion protocol might not have taken place, if it wasn’t for former players suing the National Football League over their brain injuries in the past. Finally, the National Football League is taking the steps necessary to lower the rate of concussions.…

Goldberg, D. S. (2014). Youth sports & public health: Framing risks of mild traumatic brain injury in American football and ice hockey. Journal of Law, Medicine, & Ethics, 323-333. Bachynski et al examine the social and cultural schemas which might affect the risk factors in adolescent competitors. These schemas, in conjuction with the adolescents developing body, place adolescents at an even greater risk for traumatic brain injury (TBI). In addition, the article notes current guidelines and…