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The Link Between Spinal Cord Injury and Occupational Therapy

Patients with spinal cord injury and occupational therapy professionals work hand in hand to achieve positive rehab results.These professionals ensure that patients spend their time doing these...

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Driving After Spinal Cord Injury

Driving again after a spinal cord injury may be a dream that seems impossible, but guess what? Depending on how bad and at what level of the spine your injury is, it can actually be quite a realistic...

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Baclofen for Cerebral Palsy and Enhancing Mobility

Baclofen is a muscle helper, especially in people who have cerebral palsy. It relaxes their tight muscles. But it should not be forgotten that its help does not last long. Thus, it is very important...

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Loss of Smell and Taste After Head Trauma: Reasons and Remedies

A blow to the head or a head trauma sometimes causes the loss of taste and smell. More often, this change slips under doctors’ watchful eyes, bent to heal the major injuries. Even for patients with...

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How to Regain Speaking Ability After Brain Injury

 A strong blow to the head may alter your speech or memory of words in several ways. This type of brain injury is dangerous. Some people may have difficulty forming the mouth’s muscles properly at...

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Left Visual Field Impairment: Hemineglect versus Hemianopsia

Some may believe that they have a left visual field impairment. They could be suffering from an area called left neglect. Though it may look somewhat similar, it has quite different causes....

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Thoracic Spinal Cord Damage: Impacted Abilities & Rehabilitation Process

Thoracic spinal cord damage results in one losing sensation and movement of parts of the whole body. In other words, control is lost over parts of the body such as the chest and legs, which we then...

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Why Am I Cold After Traumatic Brain Injury?

Experiencing cold after a traumatic brain injury is relatively common; it is actually quite a normal side effect of any such trauma. Don’t get this confused with your everyday cold feelings, like when...

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What is T4 Spinal Cord Injury and its Complications

What is T4 spinal cord injury? A T4 spinal cord injury refers to damage at the fourth thoracic vertebra, located in the upper to middle part of the spine.Understanding the severity and implications of...

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Bed Mobility Exercises for Spinal Cord Injury & Paraplegia

Instilling a habit of bed mobility exercises for spinal cord injury can further enhance one’s skills processes of moving in and out of bed and sitting up straight. With a spinal cord injury, people...

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Serial Casting in Cerebral Palsy

Have you heard about serial casting in cerebral palsy? Serial casting is a simple, non-surgical way to treat muscle stiffness. This is found more in people with cerebral palsy. It is all about gentle...

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Treatment Options for Photosensitivity After Brain Trauma

Experiencing sensitivity to light is pretty typical following a bump on the head. Yet, it can sometimes be a bit tricky to spot these signs, as they tend to blend in with other indications of brain...

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Is Pediatric Traumatic Brain Injury Reversible?

Traumatic brain injuries, TBI, are at the very top of the causes of disability among our little ones. The question that arises as parents is how well our child can recover from this. More often than...

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What Physical Therapy Exercises Help in Paraplegia

Physical therapy may help when a concomitant treatment with a paraplegia spinal cord injury is arranged. Keep in mind the fact that a person’s spinal cord injury is as unique as literally anything...

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What Complications Can Occur Due to Hippocampus Damage?

Damage to that area of the brain, particularly a Hippocampus damage, is known to result in memory and learning-related issues. This is to say that memory loss or the inability to learn new things...

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Healing Brain Damage Naturally: No Prescription Required

The recovery after any neurological injury, as there are strokes and traumatic head damage. Recovery must be a holistic, all-inclusive treatment. This should include therapeutic activities as well as...

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Overcoming Left Side Neglect Post Stroke

Sometimes, a stroke can result in what is known as left neglect. The person with such a condition pays less attention and does not fully understand the space on the left side of his or her...

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Exercises for Quadriplegia: Rehabilitation Route Towards Recovery 

Quadriplegia is characterized by paralysis of the body’s upper and lower parts. This usually results from damage to the neck area of the spinal cord. The degree and extent of the damage may result in...

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Rehabilitation Exercises for Spinal Cord Injury Mobility

SCI patients often have greater health problems than others do. They can also be exposed to gaining weight, fluctuating in cholesterol, elevation in blood sugar, and an increased risk of heart...

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What is Incomplete Quadriplegia

Incomplete quadriplegia is a condition wherein some degree of weakness in all four extremities or paralysis occurs. The extent of preserved mobility depends upon the severity of the spinal cord injury...

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