A fall, a stroke, and a medical emergency that interrupts oxygen to the brain may seem unrelated. But each can cause a brain injury that can alter how a person thinks, moves, communicates, and/or functions in their everyday life. Understanding the different types of brain injury can help survivors, caregivers, and professionals make sense of […]
Brain Injury Basics: Here’s What You Need to Know Read More »
Neuroplasticity after brain injury is the brain’s ability to change connections and reorganize patterns of brain activity. This ability supports all learning from birth until death and is what allows recovery after brain injuries. However, neuroplasticity is not a magic wand or a guarantee of full recovery. It is a biological process that a knowledgeable
Neuroplasticity After Brain Injury: 8 Proven Ways to Support Recovery Read More »
Depression and anxiety after brain injury can have neurological, psychological, and social causes. Often, several of these factors interact. Damage may disrupt communication among brain regions that regulate mood, motivation, threat detection, stress responses, and emotional control. At the same time, trauma, loss, isolation, pain, and major life changes can prolong stress responses, intensify grief
Proven Reasons for Depression & Anxiety After Brain Injury Read More »
Weight gain after brain injury is not simply a matter of willpower. The injury can affect metabolic health in ways that contribute to weight gain and obesity. Changes in movement, fatigue, mood, cognition, sleep, medications, and hormones can all affect weight and metabolism after brain injury. Over time, weight gain and obesity can further influence
Obesity & Metabolic Health After Brain Injury: What You Need to Know Read More »
In the past, brain injury was viewed as an acute medical event. The common belief was that recovery occurred within a relatively brief window following the injury. After that, healthcare professionals assumed the person had reached a stable recovery endpoint. Research and the lived experiences of many brain injury survivors tell a very different story. Scientists, clinicians, and leading brain injury organizations are increasingly recognizing that brain injury is a chronic condition rather than a single medical event.
Brain Injury Is a Chronic Condition: Here’s What You Need to Know Read More »
A care plan can be carefully designed and clinically sound and still prove ineffective if it doesn’t meet the client where they are. A person’s ability to engage is influenced by the current state of their brain and nervous system, as well as pain, fatigue, stress, trauma, cognitive demands, relationships, environment, and competing pressures. Neuroscience-informed
Case Management: How to Make Better Care Plans Using Neuroscience Read More »
Key Takeaways For most of modern medical history, scientists believed that, other than growth periods in childhood, the human brain was fixed by adulthood. If your brain was damaged, the chances for recovery were limited. People who experienced a stroke, brain injury, or other neurological event or condition were often advised that they would improve
This Is How Neuroplasticity Supports Brain Injury Recovery Read More »
The words “home health” and “in-home rehabilitation” sound like they mean similar things. But they don’t. Choosing the wrong service can slow recovery, create gaps in care, and increase the risk of setbacks after discharge. Choosing the right combination can protect progress and support long-term independence. For physicians, case managers, attorneys, insurers, and hospital leaders, this distinction directly
Brain & Spinal Cord Injuries Need Specialized Proven Rehabilitation Read More »
For someone recovering from a stroke, traumatic brain injury (TBI), concussion, or head or spinal cord injury, discharge day can feel victorious and also a little like falling off a cliff. It is a major achievement, but it is also the moment when a person in recovery loses important foundational structure and support. In inpatient
Brain Injury Recovery: How to Support Rehab at Home Read More »
In California, recent legal changes to “The Patterson Exception” have made home rehab planning even more important. Here’s what you need to know.
When Coverage Changes: How To Provide Stable Home Rehab Read More »