http://www.headbraininjuries.com The comprehensive resource for survivors and their families Sat, 01 Nov 2008 14:44:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In the 2008 season's week 6, Denver Broncos wide receiver Brandon Stokely suffered a concussion while being tackled after a pass reception with 10:21 left to go in the first quarter against the Jacksonville Jaguars, but he ignored it and kept playing. The very next play he caught a pass ... http://www.headbraininjuries.com/nfl-concussions-brandon-stokely Buffalo Bills quarterback Trent Edwards made an apparently remarkable recovery from a severe concussion he suffered two weeks ago after being driven to the ground at the end of a pass play against the Arizona Cardinals. Following the hit, Edwards appeared to be unconscious momentarily after the back of his helmet ... http://www.headbraininjuries.com/nfl-concussions-trent-edwards These links to brain injury rehabilitation programs and facilities are provided as a service to our visitors. This is not a comprehensive list. We do not recommend or endorse any facility or program listed here. If you would like to see a facility added to our list, please leave a ... http://www.headbraininjuries.com/brain-injury-rehabilitation Do I Need an Attorney? If you're trying to obtain compensation from someone else to pay the expenses associated with your head injury, you're most likely going to need an attorney. If a person or an average company is at fault for your injury, you will be collecting your compensation from their ... http://www.headbraininjuries.com/hiring-brain-injury-lawyer The time required to recover from a traumatic brain injury ("TBI") varies widely for many reasons. To make sense of the TBI recovery process, we need to differentiate between mild, moderate and severe injury. The majority of people who receive a mild TBI fully recover within three to four weeks ... http://www.headbraininjuries.com/brain-injury-recovery-process Brain surgery following a head injury is not that common. The brain is not like skin or muscle tissue that can be stitched back together when it's damaged. The brain is more like very thick Jello and doesn’t suture well. So when brain surgery is needed, it is for one ... http://www.headbraininjuries.com/head-injuries-brain-surgery Our brains are so essential to our mental and physical functioning, it's no surprise that a serious brain injury can cause incapacitating mental and physical disability. But even mild to moderate head injuries commonly cause subtle mental deficits, and these can ultimately have a significant impact on a person's quality of ... http://www.headbraininjuries.com/cognitive-impairment PET and SPECT images can identify brain injuries undetectable in CT scans or MRIs. CT and MRI are both structural imaging methods. They tell us what the tissues look like inside the body. PET and SPECT scans, on the other hand, provide functional imaging. They tell us how well the tissues are ... http://www.headbraininjuries.com/brain-scans-pet-spect Almost every athlete knows what it means to "have your bell rung" or to "see stars." These are the common expressions for a head injury that leaves a player momentarily disoriented. Disorientation following a head injury is one of the signs of concussion. Each year in the U.S., millions of children ... http://www.headbraininjuries.com/concussion-management-sports By Judith Falconer, Ph.D. You survived the physician telling you he would not live through the night. You survived waiting for him to wake up from a coma (and maybe being told that if he did, he would be a vegetable). In the rehab center, you watched him struggle to ... http://www.headbraininjuries.com/brain-injury-rehab-recovery