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Picking Up the Pieces After TBI: A Guide for Family Members

Newly diagnosed with TBI? What you need to know and do first.

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Understanding the Effects of Concussion, Blast, and Brain Injuries: A Guide for Families, Veterans, and Caregivers

A guide for all who are involved in the care and treatment of wounded veterans.

Hidden Battles on Unseen Fronts

From a war zone to a college campus. Read Army Sargeant David Emme’s story.

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Heavy Weapons Training, Blast Exposure and the Brain

Navy SEALs are working together with Neurotactical Research Team to better understand brain health while experiencing regular blast exposure, either through training or combat.

Know Your Concussion ABCs—for School Nurses

Heads Up to Schools: Know Your ABCs â€” for School Nurses

Knowing how to recognize to concussion symptoms in the school environment can prevent further injury and can help with recovery.

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A Mother's Intuition

After her son sustained a TBI while playing football, one mother took the ball and ran with it to raise awareness.

Briana Scurry's Letter to Young Soccer Players

Briana Scurry smiling at the camera in a pink top

Soccer great Briana Scurry writes an open letter to young athletes about her love for soccer and the importance of taking concussions seriously.

Occupational Therapy (OT)

An elderly woman working on needle crafts.

Guidance from an OT, along with targeted practice, will build new neural pathways, helping you build skills until you become more adept again.

Seizures and Traumatic Brain Injury

Seizures are not uncommon after a TBI. Learn what they are and how to deal with them.

Nourish Your Noggin: Nutrition and Your Brain

What you eat greatly influences your body's ability to function well — physically and emotionally. Eating right is even more important after a brain injury.

Choosing a High-Quality Medical Rehabilitation Program

After a brain injury, one of the most crucial decisions for you — or your loved one — is where to spend the rehabilitation phase of treatment.

Five Things to Consider When Setting Up a Special Needs Trust

Don't delay setting up a special needs trust for your loved one with TBI.

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Creative Community Involvement to Prevent TBI

Learn how one SLP uses melons, swim caps, and brain-shaped chocolates to teach kids how to prevent a TBI and all the communication problems that can come with one.

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Acute Management of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury in Military Operational Settings

Acute Management of in mTBI in Military Operational Settings

Find out about clinical practice guidelines and recommendations.

The Ripple Effect of Hope

“I have made up my mind not to let combat trauma define my family or my nation. I will not let this journey be the end of my joy.”

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How Deep Can You Change?

Deep change or slow death? Although studies show that most people choose slow death, Rosemary talks about power of embracing change.

Is the Time Right for Alternative Therapies?

Faced with a condition for which mainstream medicine has no satisfactory treatment, what should a reasonable and prudent person do? Accept the dismal verdict or cautiously explore alternatives?

Survive, Thrive, and Alive: Understanding TBI

Get a glimpse of the aftermath of TBI from the perspectives of medical professionals and a handful of people with TBI.

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Post-Deployment Syndrome: The Illness of War

"Maybe the ultimate wound is the one that makes you miss the war you got it in."

Cognitive Effects

Cognitive changes — changes in thinking — are very common after a TBI.

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Live the Synonym

TBI Blogger Kara Swanson knows that "life cannot be perfect ... but it CAN, however, be perfect for you."

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Transformations

"The great thing about transformation and change...is that it’s possible." BrainLine blogger, Abby Maslin sees continual transformation in her life and in her husband's.