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The Science Behind Second Impact Syndrome and Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Second Impact Syndrome (SIS) can have instant, tragic consequences. Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE), conversely, can have slow and heartbreaking consequences.

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Managing Headache and Neck Pain After TBI

Phospho Tau As a Diagnostic Biomarkers for Acute and Chronic TBI

Study evaluates the use of phospho-tau levels, total-tau levels, and the phospho tau–total tau ratio as diagnostic and prognostic biomarkers in patients with traumatic brain injury.

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in Athletes

Research Update: What Is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?

Studies show that CTE is prevalent in many athletes who had head injuries.

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What Is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy – and What Should Athletes Know?

What is being done to help protect athletes from repetitive hits to the brain?

Steven Flanagan, MD

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE)

Diagnosing & Treating Brain Injury

Sports Injuries

Mind-Body Practices: An Overview

An approach that treats the whole person.

Why Does Everything Hurt So Much After Brain Injury?

More than 50 percent of people suffer from chronic pain disorders in the years following a brain injury. Getting the right treatment can be complex, but doable.

Brian D. Greenwald, MD

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Physical Symptoms of Brain Injury

Alexander Balbir, PhD: WWP Helps Vets with TBI or Chronic Neurological Conditions Thrive at Home

Photo of two men, one walking, one driving his motorized wheelchair down a tree-lined gravel path towards the camera, with a house in the background

The underlying goal of Wounded Warrior Project’s Independence Program is to help vets thrive back home, in their communities.

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Sharing the Pain or Over-Sharing?

While the fields of medicine and psychology have argued for strict boundaries between patients and their doctors, other professional bodies have begun to recognize the value of sharing their own narrative.

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Post-Traumatic Pain Expressed Physically from Generation to Generation

Mother, with head in her hands, sits in a darkened hallway with her baby, holding a toy

Adults who have suffered childhood trauma exhibit a higher degree of somatization (i.e., mental suffering expressed through physical complaints that may lead them to consulting a physician). A mother's trauma impacts the mother-child relationship.

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Army Veteran Tom Voss on Facing His Pain from PTSD and Moral Injury with a 2,7000-Mile Trek

Tom and another veteran friend embarked on a 2,700-mile trek to process their experiences in combat and start healing from PTSD and moral injury.

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy (CTE) in Amateur Athletes

A new study suggests that vulnerability to CTE is not limited to professional athletes.

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy in the Military

Dr. Jack Tsao talks about research on military-related CTE and what questions are being asked — from who is most susceptible to can it develop from blast injuries rather than direct hits to the head.

The Research on Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Dr. Robert Cantu talks about how growing research is showing that CTE not only occurs in the brains of older athletes who have sustained multiple hits to the head, but also in athletes as 17.

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Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy: Homing in on Specifics in Research

Researchers are still learning why it is that head trauma is the main factor for CTE, but not all people with head trauma develop CTE.

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Will I Develop Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy from Playing Pro Football?

Will I Develop CTE from Playing Pro Football?

Retired NFL player Thomas Jones wonders if he will develop CTE from cumulative concussions sustained playing football, but there is nothing to do about it but exercise your brain, learn what you can, and share your life with your loved ones.

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Decoding Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

Decoding Chronic Traumatic Encephalopthy

Dr. Lee Goldstein explains what exactly this bonafide brain disease is as well as the rogue protein, tau, and how trauma is associated.

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More Findings About Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy

There are limits to how many times a baseball player can pitch before damaging his shoulder, but there are no limits to how many times an athlete can get hit in the head without permanent damage.

What Is Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?

CTE is a neurodegeneration, a brain disease that's progressive and characterized by a build-up of a protein called tau.

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What Is Tau and Its Role in Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy?

Tau protein shows up in the brain in other neurodegenerative diseases, but only in this unique, tangled pattern in CTE.

Managing Post-Traumatic Headaches After Brain Injury

A jolt to your head also causes a jolt to your neck, headaches with neck pain are the most common types of pain after a TBI. About 50% of people with a TBI suffer from headaches.

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Why Aquatic Therapy?

Learn how water helps break the cycle of chronic pain after TBI.

Post-Traumatic Headache After TBI

Why “post-traumatic headache” — one of the most common symptoms of brain injury — is a catch-all term.

6 Things You Need To Know About CTE

6 Things You Need To Know About ChronicTraumatic Encephalopathy or CTE

There is a lot of misinformation our there. Here is what researchers currently know about chronic traumatic encephalopathy or CTE.

Mary Alexis Iaccarino, MD: The Evolution of Home Base TBI Treatment into a Holistic Approach

Originally, the Home Base program focused primarily on the brain injury, itself, of service members and veterans. With time, experience, and research, the program now approaches treating brain injury from a holistic method as other issues affect brain health—neurological, cognitive, and psychological functions—like sleep deprivation, chronic pain, or co-occurring substance abuse. Treating the whole person with an individually tailored plan has provided far better outcome.

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