Brain Injury

Akasha demystifies the alternative healing modalities that will help you recover from a traumatic brain injury and move out of the space of PTSD into a calmer, more peaceful existence. The extraordinary journey the book takes you on through the chaotic experience of post-traumatic stress disorder and traumatic brain injury will touch your heart and inspire you to believe in yourself and what you are capable of. It is put in terms easy to understand how the modalities work, and what they do for you. This is a great guide book for those unfamiliar with alternative healing.

The book contains safety tips and preventative measures, teaches how to look for symptoms of a concussion and TBI, including: Talk about gear, safety prevention tips, and general preventative measures that you can take in both contact and non-contact sports, dangerous hobbies and child activities A plan of action just in case these preventative measures don’t work out It also teaches the reader how to look for symptoms of a concussion and what steps to take if there is an injured party. It has defined different traumatic brain injuries and generally educates the buyer on what can happen ...

“Discharged from a hospital just means you’re not dead.” These words of Ralph B. Lilly, M.D., describe his early struggle to recover from a traumatic brain injury. Lilly was a forty-four-year-old practicing neurologist sitting on his motorcycle at a red light when a drunk driver rear-ended him in 1980. In the ICU, after regaining consciousness and being told what happened, he asked, “What’s a hospital? What’s a motorcycle?” This tragic experience transformed his life and his approach to his neurology practice: doctors treat those with brain injury; but loved ones heal them.

Often misdiagnosed and misunderstood, traumatic brain injury (TBI) may be a life-altering event that can produce a wide range of symptoms affecting physical as well as psychological health. Now, a physician shares her personal journey with TBI after suffering a life-changing accident. In this touching and informative book, Dr. Chrisanne Gordon chronicles her struggles - the high points as well as the lows - as she is challenged to make sense of what happened and realizes that her medical training did not prepare her for these struggles.

On a snowy night near Baldwin, Wisconsin, in the mid-1980s, a car leaves the road, killing one local girl and sending her best friend to the hospital with a traumatic brain injury. Sheriff Jeff Sanderson, with help from his computer whiz ex-wife, his wisecracking new deputy, a flirty diner waitress, and a local high school hockey star, looks into the accident and begins to wonder if it really was just an accident.

In Resilience on Four Hooves, Suzanne shares the deeply personal and uplifting story of Marvin’s journey from the trauma of his accident to his remarkable recovery. With the help of the expert team at the John Thomas Vaughan Large Animal Teaching Hospital at Auburn University, Marvin began a long and challenging path back to health. This journey wasn’t easy—setbacks, uncertainty, and difficult decisions marked every step. But through it all, Suzanne’s dedication to Marvin never wavered.

Traumatic brain injury and me? Don’t be silly! Really? You know someone who is coping with a devastating loss of brain control. Often it’s obvious, maybe unsettling, but in some people it doesn’t announce itself like physical challenges do. So? You do know someone. You’re left upset, helpless, unfamiliar, confused, and may even be suffering from survivor’s guilt. It affects accident and war victims who, until recently, would have died of physical trauma.

Following her stroke, she felt unsupported by the systems in place to care for post-stroke victims. She knew there were resources available but with an inability to hold a thought or comprehend written words, Julianne became frustrated with her search for information. Aside from her family doctor, she seemed to be alone in her struggle to find information about therapies, services, and policies.

TWICE DEAD…NOW KICKING BUTT! How One Inspirational Man Rebuilt His Life After Being Revived from Death MOTIVATIONAL – INSPIRATIONAL – SPIRITUAL – TRUE STORY Have you ever wondered what it is like to die? To enter another realm where you mingle with others who have passed? To see living family and friends from your place up in the spiritual world? Will there be bright, white lights? A tunnel? A man or woman, arms extended, waiting to greet you?... Wonder no more because Stephen Hewett, the man who died TWICE and came back to live life to the absolute FULL reveals all in TWICE DEAD…...

On the morning of 10 December 2015, Owen Wright entered the water at Pipeline, Hawaii, determined to become a world champion. But after being pounded by a set of monstrous waves, he ended up fighting for life and facing extensive brain trauma. In this inspirational memoir, Wright chronicles the events leading up to that fateful day, as well as the months and years that followed as he battled to regain basic functioning, and eventually the capacity to compete again at the apex of surfing.

CONCUSSIONS AND HOW I REDUCED MY SYMPTOMS After a seizure at 51 years old, I believed my 12 year pro football career was at least partially to blame. It sent me on a mission to determine what I could do to alleviate my symptoms and get my life back. This book is about what I personally did to help relieve my concussion symptoms. The book is NOT going to go into the specifics of the macroscopic or microscopic aspects of the cause of concussions. It IS, however, for those that want a simplified strategy to help reduce and/or eliminate the symptoms for THEIR SPECIFIC damage. You see, not all ...

Jamila Rizvi and Rosie Waterland have each suffered significant, debilitating brain injury - one through rare disease and the medical interventions that followed, the other through deep childhood trauma. In this brave and honest book, Jamila and Rosie share their parallel stories of becoming and being sick, alongside the experience and advice of those who've been there before. They reveal that their 'broken brains' have more in common than they initially realised, proving how mental and physical health are inextricably entwined.

Life can throw many things your way. Abusive parent(s) or spouse, divorce, infertility, death of a loved one, or even an unexpected diagnosis. In life you experience all types of feelings and emotions, you don’t know what to do or how to act. Feelings of anger, rejection, hopelessness or even despair can overtake you. It can be devastating. It may feel like the odds are stacked against you, the great news is, you can overcome the diagnosis. Follow the journey of Christopher H. Wallace and see how life’s many obstacles tried to beat him down but he overcame them. From having survived an ...

This is the story of the degenerative brain disease, Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), concussive and sub-concussive trauma. It is also a story of power, of science and sport, and of the bodies that society deems worth sacrificing. It is an investigation that explores the truth about concussion in sport and beyond it, from the social dynamics that send young men into violent sports, to the scientists searching for truth and the families living with consequences. This story belongs to those families.

Beyond the Silence How Botox Can Help Stroke and Vegetative Patients Reclaim Movement and Comfort By Kaiim Daids Unlock the Power of Healing Hidden in Plain Sight When the world goes quiet after a stroke or traumatic brain injury, hope often fades with it. Muscles freeze. Joints contract. And families are left navigating heartbreak with no roadmap. But what if one of the most misunderstood medical tools-Botox-could offer real comfort, restored movement, and a new chance at dignity? In Beyond the Silence, Kaiim Daids delivers a life-affirming, eye-opening guide for families, caregivers, and ...

By recounting the untold story of the most influential sports campaign in British newspaper history, which turned concussion in professional rugby from a niche issue into front and back page news, Concussed poses the questions all sports lovers need answering as evidence grows linking sports-related concussions to premature deaths and dementia. Written by Sam Peters, the journalist who spearheaded the Mail on Sunday's Cudlipp Prize nominated concussion campaign, Concussed reveals one man's attempts to blow the whistle on a mounting head injury crisis.

When Lauren Murphy's employee and friend, Abby Mason, calls in sick, it sets off a vicious plot of retaliation, jealousy, and hatred. Lauren must fill in for Abby for the day, but she herself pays the price for the events that play out, resulting in danger, heartache, and a state of confusion. A STATE OF CONFUSION is the 4th installment of the Lauren Murphy Mystery series, preceded by THE DEATH OF STACEY, THE DEATH OF ME, and EDDIE'S REVENGE.

Ben Gibson is many things, but he's not sorry, and he's not a liar. He will tell you exactly about what happened on what started as a simple school camping trip in the mountains. About who lived and who died. About who killed and who had the best of intentions. But he's going to tell you in his own time. Because after what happened on that mountain, time is the one thing he has plenty of.

Life entails inevitable challenges. To surmount these battles, we each seek for various mechanisms. This particular audiobook on dialectical behavior therapy (DBT) is developed for those who are struggling with borderline personality disorder (BPD), depression, anxiety, and other psychiatric disorders. It will also be a great resource for those who have loved ones beset by the same issues.

Encephalitis almost ended Chris Maxwell's life. The scar tissue in his brain and life with epilepsy made him - and his family and friends - feel like the life they'd known changed suddenly and permanently. For Maxwell and the staggering number of people facing traumatic brain injuries, epilepsy, or other painful encounters, life is experienced through a different lens.