Posts Tagged ‘mTBI’
Coping with the Emotional and Psychological Impact of a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury [Video]
If you’ve experienced a mild traumatic brain injury, it’s important to know that your emotional and cognitive symptoms are completely...
Why are Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries Often Missed? [Video]
Mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI) are often missed by both the injured person and medical practitioners. In the following video, I explain the reasons why mild traumatic brain injury is typically...
What is a Mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mTBI)? [Video]
Brain injuries are classified mild, moderate, or severe. The leading causes are vehicle-related collisions, falls, sports injuries, and assaults. Of these brain injuries, 70-90% are considered “mild”. It is important to realize, however, that there is nothing “mild” about a traumatic brain...
Life Changes: Living with a Loved One Suffering from an mTBI
Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) does not only affect those who suffer the injury. That said, of course the person who is injured will be extremely impacted by the injury; however, it is important to realize that the lives of their close friends and family will also be changed. If you are a loved...
A Silent Epidemic: Minor Traumatic Brain Injury – Science Daily
A recent article in Science Daily outlines a literature review from the Journal of the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (JAAOS) that focuses on mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) as a common, but often overlooked, condition. The study was based in the U.S., but I think that Canadians will...
What You Need to Know About Sports-related Injuries: Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries and Concussions
The first thing you need to know is that concussions are mild traumatic brain injuries (mTBI). Do not let the word “mild” fool you; nothing about any brain injury is “mild”. Although motor vehicle accidents and falls are the two main causes of mTBI, sports-related injuries must not be...
