Brain Injury

This blog is the 2nd blog in a series of three that I have written for clients or family members of clients who have sustained a brain injury in an accident of any kind. A MTBI (Mild Traumatic Brain Injury) [ Read More ]

This blog is the 1st blog in a series of three that I have written for clients or family members of clients who have sustained a brain injury in an accident of any kind. Although one doctor’s classification of a [ Read More ]

A recent study published in the American Journal of Sports Medicine concluded that position players in major league baseball who sustain concussions suffer statistically measurable dips in hitting statistics.

Recently, on my son’s 12th birthday, I took him to Bucks Fit in Bucks County to take a 20 minute test of his baseline cognitive functioning called the ImPACT test. What is an ImPACT test?  This test is intended to [ Read More ]

In my last blog, “14 Signs of a Concussion and Why Youth Baseball Needs Guidelines”, I introduced you to Johnny and the dilemma faced by his coach.  Johnny, the shortstop, had suffered a collision with a teammate in a playoff [ Read More ]

We are turning the bend in the winter season and that means that pitchers and catchers will soon be reporting to Spring Training.  Shortly, youth baseball coaches all over the country will be preparing for another season.

Thomas Edison asserted that “the chief function of the body was to carry the brain around.”  It is imperative that an injury to the brain is not missed or discounted. Recently, AnthroTronix received FDA clearance to bring to market its [ Read More ]

The Veteran’s Administration (“VA”) has been forced to address traumatic brain injury suffered by returning war veterans.  On December 10, 2012, the Veterans’ Affairs Department officially recognized, in an administrative ruling, the association between traumatic brain injury and five separate [ Read More ]

It is now five weeks since my middle son suffered a concussion in wrestling.  He was flipped onto his head by one of his practice partners.  He felt a headache and was a little dizzy but continued to practice. He [ Read More ]

Just as absence of loss of consciousness does not preclude a diagnosis by a medical professional of concussion, similarly, the affects of a brain injury on any one individual have been understood to not fit any particular time frame of [ Read More ]