brain injuries

Man Regains Walking Ability Using His Own Brain Waves

...  Ability Using His Own Brain Waves Fritz became paralyzed due to a spinal cord injury. He was in the hospital for about six weeks. For another month or so, he was in inpatient rehabilitation. “You go to a rehabilitation center to learn how to live your life in a wheelchair,” explained … Read more on Healthline Can physical therapy help brain injury? A traumatic brain injury (also known as TBI) occurs as a result of trauma to the head, leading to damage to the brain itself. Traumatic brain injuries can result from numerous types of injuries including automobile accidents, contact sports, or falls … Read more on Sampson Independent Read ...

Therapy Startup Tunes Into Music as Rehab for Brain Injuries

...  Startup Tunes Into Music as Rehab for Brain Injuries Physical, speech, and occupational therapists replace doctors as the goal becomes helping patients recover what was lost and rebuild their lives. Increasingly, music is becoming one of the tools they use, and specialists like MedRhythms founder and CEO … Read more on Xconomy St. John clinic celebrates 20 years of occupational rehab success Instead, she chose to go to St. John Medical Center's Occupational Health and Rehabilitation Clinic, which has specialized in ...

Stroke Rehabilitation Centres: the Role of Adult Education Centres

“Education is not preparation for life; education is life itself.” The famous quote of John Dewey simply says it all. Society is dependent on its individuals and education plays an important role in developing communities. Education provides humans with the ability to improve their performance and lifestyle by making informed choices and by forming opinion on political issues concerning themselves. Developed nations invest heavily on education as they realize the importance of providing education to their citizens. Read more... ...

Troubled Riverside Hospital Tries to Shake the Past

Troubled Riverside hospital tries to shake the past He said the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services is withholding $ 4 million for legitimate services rendered. The federal program stopped all … Activists including Quanell X, former Houston City Council candidate Georgia Provost and mental … Read more on Houston Chronicle County by county news for Saturday U.S. Rep Phil Gingrey, R-Ga., is asking the Atlanta-based Centers for Disease Control to assess the public health risk posed by the flood of unaccompanied migrant children coming across the Mexican border. Gingrey says as many have been transported to … Read more on Atlanta Journal Constitution Read more... ...

READER SUBMITTED: Gaylord Center for Concussion Care Recognized by

...  Gaylord Center for Concussion Care on Friday, March 7 at the Brain Injury Alliance of Connecticut Annual Conference as an organization demonstrating outstanding effort that has resulted in the increase of public … Read more on Hartford Courant Baby your brain: Know the signs of TBI, get plenty of rest and keep an eye out … WIESBADEN, Germany (Feb. 28, 2014) — Blurry vision, dizziness, mood swings, sleep problems and memory problems: these are all symptoms of traumatic brain injuries, or TBIs, and can last from a few days to a lifetime, depending on the treatment and … Read more on United States Army (press release) Read ...

Hearing Set for Kurt Mix, Former BP Engineer Convicted of Obstruction

...  Set For Kurt Mix, Former BP Engineer Convicted Of Obstruction The Gulf of Mexico oil slick threatens disaster for the fragile US coast, causing clean-up efforts to focus on the best of a bad set of options: fight it there before it arrives here. An army of workers ….. Oil covered brown pelicans found off the … Read more on Huffington Post ProfNet Experts Available on Earth Day, Brain Injuries, Adult Film Industry, More She has earned her Ph.D. in natural health and has authored two books on stress: "Body/Mind Therapies for the Bodyworker" and, just published, "Conquer Your Stress with Mind/Body Techniques" (finalist for the USA Best Books Award). She has studied mind … Read more on SYS-CON Media (press release) Read ...

Corban Wroe Leads Hartford With Heart, Soul and Scoring

...  Wroe Leads Hartford With Heart, Soul And Scoring "I don't even think it's confidence [with Wroe's stroke]," Gallagher said. "It's just shooting it. We scream at him to … With a 3.75 GPA in health sciences (physical therapy), he made the conference all-academic team, too. Yet in the closing games of … Read more on Hartford Courant Resident raises awareness of brain injuries “Brain Injury Awareness Month honors the millions of people with brain injury, who, with proper acute care, therapeutic rehabilitation and adequate long-term supports, are living with the successes and challenges that each day brings,” said Susan H … Read more on Aiken Standard Read ...