Success with Traumatic Brain Injuries- teen finds relief from chronic headaches and
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Integrative Re-Solutions for Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI),
Post-concussion Syndrome & Stroke
The CDC reported in 2010 that 2.5 million people sustained a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) either as an isolated injury or along with other injuries. Each year, traumatic brain injuries contribute to a substantial number of hospitalizations, deaths and cases of permanent disability. An estimated 248,418 children (age 20 or younger) were treated in U.S. Emergency Departments in 2009 for sports and recreation-related injuries that included a diagnosis of concussion or TBI. These numbers only include cases where people were aware they had a traumatic brain injury that was reported and diagnosed.
A TBI is caused by a bump, blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the normal function of the brain. Not all blows or jolts to the head result in a TBI. The severity of a TBI may range from “mild,” i.e., a brief change in mental status or consciousness to “severe,” i.e., an extended period of unconsciousness or amnesia after the injury.
Symptoms include: Sensitivity to light, sound, dazed or stunned, numbness or tingling, visual problems, dizziness, balance, nausea, headache, fatigue, feeling mentally foggy, feeling slowed down, difficulty concentrating or remembering, forgetful of recent information or conversations, confused about recent events, answers questions slowly, repeats questions, irritability, sadness, more emotional, nervousness, drowsiness, sleeps less or more than usual, trouble falling asleep.
Most post-TBI/post-concussion patients struggle in their lives with an array of cognitive and behavioral issues including: orientation, reasoning, organizational skills, rate of processing and performance, problem solving and memory impairment, problems with initiation/motivation, staying on task/topic, agitation, stress overload, fatigue, anger issues and difficulty relating to others. Symptoms which accompany a head injury include loss of energy, headaches and chronic pain, dizziness and vertigo, difficulty concentrating, comprehending and remembering, anxiety, depression, and mood swings, insomnia and sleep disturbances, irritability, visual perception problems and dyslexia, and even apparent personality changes. Seizures may also be observed, or seizure-like activity such as auras. If persons exhibited certain weaknesses before the injury, such as Attention Deficit Disorder, migraine headaches, or sleep difficulties, then such symptoms might be considerably exacerbated by the head injury. The apparent severity of the injury, including the length of period of unconsciousness (if any), has little to do with the severity of subsequent symptoms. New symptoms may arise months or even years after the head injury.
A stroke or cerebrovascular accident (CVA) is the rapid loss of brain function due to a disturbance in the blood supply in the brain. The affected area of the brain cannot function which might result in the inability to move one or more limbs on one side of the body, the inability to understand or formulate speech or an inability to see one side of a visual field. Stroke victims have demonstrated the ability to learn to use different areas of the brain to compensate for the lost function following the injury.
Memory, attention, clarity, concentration, focus, brain fog, multi-tasking, impulse and emotional control, anxiety, regulating moods/depression, sleep issues/insomnia, headaches, seizures, physical balance /movement and speech can significantly and quickly improve with Integrative Re-Solutions.
Brain training is completely individualized, and the specific areas of the brain affected by the stroke or TBI are targeted. The gains made with Integrative Re-Solutions appear to be long term, once the brain is taught again how to regulate itself, it does not relinquish that capability.
The amount of recovery possibly is dependent on numerous factors. When clients are seen within the first 6 months following a stroke or brain injury, some new post-injury symptoms may emerge, but there may be additional benefit if training is undertaken soon after the injury. Currently, there is not much formal rehabilitation available for someone who has suffered a stroke or traumatic brain injury more than two years in the past. Integrative Re-Solutions can bring about results even beyond this two-year point.
The amount of recovery possibly is dependent on numerous factors. When clients are seen within the first 6 months following a stroke or brain injury, some new post-injury symptoms may emerge, but there may be additional benefit if training is undertaken soon after the injury. Currently, there is not much formal rehabilitation available for someone who has suffered a stroke or traumatic brain injury more than two years in the past. Integrative Re-Solutions can bring about results even beyond this two-year point.