Here’s a new study that doesn’t surprise me: It found that young people who had sustained brain injuries are more likely to commit crimes and wind up in jail. Researchers in the United Kingdom at the University of Birmingham and the University of Exeter said that head trauma can make..
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Independence after Severe Brain Injury: Lori Part Twelve Lori and I discussed her transition to independence after severe brain injury. She had some major transitions considering upon her return home her sleeping arrangements were in a crib type surroundings. You went through physical therapy and at some point that..
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A website called Journalistsresource.org has put together a roundup of some of the key scientific research on concussions and sports, ranging from football to soccer to youth players. Although this curated portal is meant to point reporters to good sources of data on traumatic brain injuries, it would also be..
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Outpatient Physical Therapy After TBI: Lori Part Eleven Our discussion continues with the outpatient physical therapy after TBI and what little success Lori had with it. When asked how long she was kept immobile: So you were still not really ambulating, not walking well, that first months. How long were you..
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Relationship With Parents Following TBI: Lori Part Ten We talked to Lori about the her relationship with parents following TBI. The relationship with parents following TBI for Lori was very strained as they had to treat her like a small child for her own safety. I’m going to do this in..
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Return Home Post TBI: Lori Part Nine In part nine we talked to Lori about her return home post TBI and in her case it was returning to live with her parents instead of to the apartment she lived in before her severe brain injury. You were able to go..
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Neuropsychologist: Lori Part Eight One of the sad ironies of brain injury rehabilitation is that neuropsychologist, who are perhaps the best trained specialists in brain injury, rarely do therapy. Most neuropsychologist work is devoted to assessment of injury, not at rehabilitation. We don’t see a lot of survivors who got neuropsychological..
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Speech Pathology Post Severe Brain Injury: Lori Part Seven We discuss Lori’s speech pathology post severe brain injury in Part Seven and how much of a role in her recovery this played. Tell me about the speech pathology post severe brain injury you got while you were an inpatient. I remember when..
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Maturity Levels Before Brain Injury: Lori Part Five Lori and I discussed the difference in her maturity levels before brain injury and the maturity after brain injury. She was in the young adult years where maturity levels increase rapidly. Now you told us that you were an executive secretary at the..
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How about this as a model of good sportsmanship and compassion: You cheer your quarterback, who hasn’t been playing well, when he sustains a head injury during a game. Again, you can’t make this stuff up. On Sunday thousands of Kansas City Chief’s fans loudly cheered when quarterback Matt Cassel..
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