Post-polio syndrome

risk of a concussion when you are engaging in any of the following activities Contact martial arts sports such as boxing, karate, and others Football. Most post concussion symptoms such as headaches, sensitivity to noise and light, dizziness, fatigue and memory problems go away with about seven to ten days after the injury but sometimes post concussion symptoms can last up to about 3 months. Rarely do symptoms last longer. What can you do when you have a concussion? Some people who have had a concussion

A lot of sports that athletes play are contact sports. When you play contact sports, you run the risk of being injured. One of the more serious injuries that occur is a concussion. A concussion, according to the Virginia Board of Education Guidelines for Policies on Concussions in Student Athletes, is "...a brain injury characterized by an onset of impairment of cognitive and/or physical functioning, and is caused by a blow to the head, face, or neck, or a blow to the body that causes a sudden jarring

The brachial Plexus is the network of nerves that sends signals from the spine to the shoulder, arm, and hand. The nerve fibers within this network run from the spine where it passes through the cervico-axillary canal where it finally reaches the axilla. It is formed in the cervical and thoracic parts in the spine, (C5-C8, T1). An injury occurs to this when the nerves are aggravated. This could mean they become stressed, compressed, or ripped away from the spinal cord. Some common injuries that

“Traumatic brain injury can result in longterm or lifelong physical, cognitive, behavioral, and emotional consequences” (US Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1998). I believe that traumatic brain injuries and post-concussion syndrome, along with the lingering to lasting effects they can have, should have more long-term studies done. There are high percentages of military, as well as athletes, which are diagnosed with both. My thought is that more knowledge and literature should be required to

The purpose of this article is to present both the theoretical and clinical foundations and procedures for pre- and post-concussion management used by a university-based interdisciplinary team coordinated by speech-language pathology. The Miami University Concussion Management Program is one of the oldest university-based concussion programs in the United States and one of the few where the neurobehavioral and neurocognitive management is coordinated by speech-language pathology. This article starts

Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries (MTBI) or Concussions as they are most commonly known, can cause serious damage on the effected athletes brain resulting in the athlete suffering short-term effects (e.g. headache), long-term effects (e.g. memory loss) or both depending on the severity of force inflicted to the skull. Short-term and long-term affects or symptoms can be grouped into “four clusters: somatic, cognitive, emotional and sleep disturbances” (Echemendia 2012, p.210), which consider a broad

Many a times when you are involved in an automobile accident, you do not suffer from any visible injuries. Most of the injuries are soft tissue injuries that tend to heal on their own and are often neglected. One such soft tissue injury is the whiplash injury. Whiplash injury is a generic term that encompasses the various types of neck sprains and strains. As majority of the injury is to the muscles, the damage is not visible even on the x-rays. Most of these injuries heal within a specific period

even with what is thought to be a mild injury, physiological, and cognitive changes can occur. Individuals sustaining mild brain injuries often report an assortment of physical, cognitive, and emotional/behavioral symptoms referred to as post concussion syndrome (PCS). There are many symptoms associated with PCS, but these symptoms are often mistaken as behavior, mood, and/or adjustment disorders. A concussion is a type of traumatic brain injury (TBI) that results from a bump, blow, or jolt to the

Concussions in sport is becoming more and more common, it can occur in all sports from soccer to American football to body boarding and weather you're playing with your mates at lunchtime or play club or representative sport. Concussions can be caused by a hard blow or lots of shaking to the head, A concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury or how doctors refer to it as a TBI it is bleeding to the brain or bruising to the brain. It can occur after an impact to your head or after a whiplash or injuries

New rules that are implemented resulting in less penalty minutes for aggressive play (Mick). These rules are extremely important in youth hockey, bantams especially. The bantam age group is the age most boys start growing and get more muscular and more prone to aggressive play. This can cause tremendous injury to a player if one does not think before he hits another player. Many of the players do not understand how dangerous these acts really can be. The human body is not invincible, although many