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Apps can change the life of a person with brain injury. People with TBI and their caregivers don't always realize how much the injury can impact their lives. For someone who is used to be able to do so many things the loss of those abilities is frustrating. Apps can help.

A woman resisted the use of technology after her brain injury until one day she discovered it could be more helpful than she realized.

Troubleshooting can be necessary when using apps after a TBI. Before giving up on the app and, if you can, check to see if it's a common issue for others. It maybe a simple fix.

Using apps after brain injury isn't about quantity, but rather quality. More apps doesn't equal more improvement. In fact, it can be too overwheming to be helpful at all. Instead, examine what skills you want to focus on and then find 5-6 apps that will help with those skills. 

Self-regulation is an important skill and apps like PaceMyDay can be a great tool to learn your own limits and comfort levels. After a TBI this skill is even more important since those comfort levels have likely changed. How long you want to use an app depends on what you want or need.

Kristi Kragthorpe finds the Pace My Day app to be an amazing tool for helping her to organize her day's activities, but to also monitor her energy levels.

Kristi Kragthorpe's accident left her with a brain injury. Her TBI resulted in a loss of balance, the ability to work with numbers, executive function, and taking initiative. Now she uses apps to help her gain back some of the functionality and independence she had before her TBI.

Kristi Kragthorpe knew she had cognitive issues after her brain injury but struggled to find the help she needed. Without support from her doctor she had to take matters in to her own hands, which wasn't easy.

Kristi Kragthorpe only used her phone for texts and phone calls until she saw how powerful smartphone apps could be in helping her manage her post-TBI life.

Dr. David Arciniegas explains why recovery predictions are so difficult to make and what he looks at to predict where recovery is likely to go.