How do I know if I have a Traumatic Brain Injury?
Understanding the nuanced landscape of Traumatic Brain Injuries is imperative for early detection and effective intervention.
Traumatic Brain Injuries – How are they diagnosed?
Motor vehicle accidents are a major cause of TBIs, even if it is a closed head injury. This article explores the methods of diagnosis, symptoms, and the impact of TBIs on individuals.
Traumatic Brain Injuries and the Challenges That Come With Them
Navigating Life After Traumatic Brain Injury: Considerations for Housing and Transportation in Canada
Effects of a Traumatic Brain Injury
In Canada, traumatic brain injuries (TBIs) are a significant concern, with falls and motor vehicle accidents being the primary causes. According to the Canadian Institute for Health Information, approximately 17,000 Canadians experience a brain injury annually.
Post Concussion Syndrome – What’s Wrong With Me?
In this video interview with Dr. David Clark, DC, a renowned concussion expert serving Raleigh, Durham, and Chapel Hill, we delve into the intricacies of what happens in the brain when concussion symptoms refuse to fade away.
Myths of Traumatic Brain Injury
Myth 1: Mild Traumatic Brain Injury is Not Serious Traumatic brain injury is broken down into three categories. Severe, moderate, and mild. The word mild does the disservice of making the injury seem insignificant when the initial classification “mild” only speaks to the initial neurological severity and has no correlation with the degree of short…
What to do if you suffer from a concussion following a motor vehicle accident
Concussions following a motor vehicle accident tend to be taken lightly. People often try to walk it off like they would with a scrape or a bruise, but a concussion can have severe and permanent effects on brain functions. That can mean expensive therapy and missed work. Many times, people don’t even know they have…
Traumatic Brain Injuries: what effects on children?
Though we commonly speak about Traumatic Brain Injuries in adults, it is important to remember that these types of injuries affect children just as frequently. Traumatic Brain Injuries, also known as TBI’s, are serious injuries that often result from either motor vehicle accidents or sport related accidents. For children, these accidents may result from falls…
Team Sports and Head Injuries
September brings kids back to school and back to the sports field. Concussions and other types of head injuries can occur during many sports, especially football. The reality of a sport like football is that a good number of kids will walk away from the field with bumps and bruises that will heal in time….
Rehabilitation after a brain injury possibly hard to come by
Rehabilitation after a traumatic brain injury is a crucial part of recovery. The process of rehab can help people with a TBI to learn how to live life again. The skills learned in rehab can help them learn how to overcome obstacles so they can perform self care tasks and possibly work. There is an…
June: Brain Injury Awareness Month
The month of June is Brain Injury Awareness Month in Canada. Over half of all reported traumatic brain injuries are the result of an automobile accident. At CLG Injury Law, we want to do our part to help spread education and awareness about these serious injuries. A few important facts about Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI):…
Help your loved one focus on recovery after a brain injury
Watching a loved one recover from a traumatic brain injury is taxing. You have to deal with a complete life upheaval at a time when your loved one is struggling. Even though you are going through difficulties and changes, it is crucial that you help your loved one work toward recovery. In many cases, a…
Can concussions impact memory or intelligence?
This article explores whether concussions can impact memory or intelligence after an accident.
Are concussions brain injuries?
Yahoo! Sports published an article recently about football player Rashean Mathis from the Detroit Lions who expressed his views on concussions, wondering if they should be called brain injuries to convey their seriousness. […] One of the longstanding issues with concussions in the NFL is how they’ve been perceived. It isn’t unusual to hear…
Possible Symptoms of A Brain Injury
Over 50,000 Canadians suffer brain injuries every year; about half of those are from car accidents. Head injuries during accidents can occur from things as serious as a skull fracture to something as simple as hitting your head on the steering wheel. The sheer force of an accident, even if your head doesn’t make contact…
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