Concussion Clinics Appearing Throughout the United States to Treat Traumatic Brain Injuries
An overwhelming number of people have spent their lives participating in sports. The sporting world offers people innumerable benefits and everyone should try to participate in a sport at least once in their lives. However, there is a drawback to participating in sports and that is the risk of traumatic brain injuries (TBI).
The most common type of traumatic brain injury is known as a concussion. Children and teens are the most susceptible to the injury because their bodies are still growing and their brains are still functioning.
Additionally, when one looks at the top sports which have concussions (football, baseball, soccer), he or she will notice that they are all popular school sports which millions of children play each year.
Since those sports are very susceptible to injuries and TBIs, it is of the utmost importance that a medical establishment is available in communities in case one needs to be treated very quickly.
This high-risk rate coupled with the prevalence of major sports in communities large and small has caused many hospitals and clinics to appear which specialize in treating traumatic brain injuries. These clinics are usually the first line of defense when someone is suspected of having a TBI or has received a TBI.
Traumatic brain injuries can occur when the head or the neck suffers a jarring blow. This causes the brain to move around in its cavity and endure possible damage. In a worst-case scenario, the result is fatal. Additionally, a person's risk of permanent brain damage can occur with each subsequent concussion.
Thus it is a necessity that friends, family and the public at large can identify the signs of a concussion and act immediately. Although the injury has multiple symptoms, and sometimes no symptoms present, the more easily-recognizable symptoms are common.
Those symptoms are confusion, slurred speech, disorientation, temporary amnesia, unconsciousness and more. Yet, since some concussion symptoms never appear or present weeks after the initial impact, people should be vigilant in observing a person with a recent head injury.
Yet, because those injuries are so common, many hospitals have dedicated wings devoted to identifying and managing concussions as well as having an increasing number of concussion clinics appearing throughout the United States.
The foundation of a concussion clinic is to focus on treating the TBIs, managing them and preventing future concussions from happening. Even though how traumatic brain injuries are not completely understood, many of these clinics are light years ahead of understanding how the brain works.
As a result, many of these clinics provide innovative treatments which results in high success rates and full recoveries. Yet, even though a patient will be assessed, treated and surmised to have recovered from a concussion, it does not mean that it will be the last time he or she will have visited a specialist at the clinic.
This is because after one receives a concussion, they are more susceptible to receiving another one. A condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) occurs when a person has received multiple concussions and is deemed a very high-risk patient for death.
CTE has caused numerous professional athletes to retire from the sports they love in order to save their lives. Although the condition rarely appears in people who do not have a lifetime of contact sports in their history (save for horseback riders), it can appear and the clinics devote their lives to helping patients manage their disorders.
Even now, clinics are partnering with sports medicine to teach the next generation of sport medicine enthusiasts to recognize and give basic treatment to people who have and may be suffering from the injury. Clinics have started hiring sports medicine doctors to assist them with rehabilitative aspects of recovering from a TBI.
Even though concussions are the most common type of traumatic brain injury, that does not mean that people should take them lightly. Medicine knows the effects of TBIs and is taking great steps to include clinics and specialists in widespread communities throughout the US in order to reduce the number of cases nationwide.
The most common type of traumatic brain injury is known as a concussion. Children and teens are the most susceptible to the injury because their bodies are still growing and their brains are still functioning.
Additionally, when one looks at the top sports which have concussions (football, baseball, soccer), he or she will notice that they are all popular school sports which millions of children play each year.
Since those sports are very susceptible to injuries and TBIs, it is of the utmost importance that a medical establishment is available in communities in case one needs to be treated very quickly.
This high-risk rate coupled with the prevalence of major sports in communities large and small has caused many hospitals and clinics to appear which specialize in treating traumatic brain injuries. These clinics are usually the first line of defense when someone is suspected of having a TBI or has received a TBI.
Traumatic brain injuries can occur when the head or the neck suffers a jarring blow. This causes the brain to move around in its cavity and endure possible damage. In a worst-case scenario, the result is fatal. Additionally, a person's risk of permanent brain damage can occur with each subsequent concussion.
Thus it is a necessity that friends, family and the public at large can identify the signs of a concussion and act immediately. Although the injury has multiple symptoms, and sometimes no symptoms present, the more easily-recognizable symptoms are common.
Those symptoms are confusion, slurred speech, disorientation, temporary amnesia, unconsciousness and more. Yet, since some concussion symptoms never appear or present weeks after the initial impact, people should be vigilant in observing a person with a recent head injury.
Yet, because those injuries are so common, many hospitals have dedicated wings devoted to identifying and managing concussions as well as having an increasing number of concussion clinics appearing throughout the United States.
The foundation of a concussion clinic is to focus on treating the TBIs, managing them and preventing future concussions from happening. Even though how traumatic brain injuries are not completely understood, many of these clinics are light years ahead of understanding how the brain works.
As a result, many of these clinics provide innovative treatments which results in high success rates and full recoveries. Yet, even though a patient will be assessed, treated and surmised to have recovered from a concussion, it does not mean that it will be the last time he or she will have visited a specialist at the clinic.
This is because after one receives a concussion, they are more susceptible to receiving another one. A condition called chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) occurs when a person has received multiple concussions and is deemed a very high-risk patient for death.
CTE has caused numerous professional athletes to retire from the sports they love in order to save their lives. Although the condition rarely appears in people who do not have a lifetime of contact sports in their history (save for horseback riders), it can appear and the clinics devote their lives to helping patients manage their disorders.
Even now, clinics are partnering with sports medicine to teach the next generation of sport medicine enthusiasts to recognize and give basic treatment to people who have and may be suffering from the injury. Clinics have started hiring sports medicine doctors to assist them with rehabilitative aspects of recovering from a TBI.
Even though concussions are the most common type of traumatic brain injury, that does not mean that people should take them lightly. Medicine knows the effects of TBIs and is taking great steps to include clinics and specialists in widespread communities throughout the US in order to reduce the number of cases nationwide.