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You’ve been in a car accident. You come out with some bruises and a headache. As the day goes on, you start to feel a little sick to your stomach. Maybe it isn’t just a headache. Maybe you’ve suffered from a concussion. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 14.3% of traumatic brain injuries that occur, happen in car accidents. But how do you know if you’ve had a concus...

It’s the big game. Your team makes a perfect play and the ball is now in your hands. As you run across the field towards the field goal players from the other team rush you and bring you to the ground. Even though you’re wearing a helmet, your head strikes the ground too hard. Since then, you haven’t felt well. Your vision is a bit spotty and you’re feeling kind of nauseated. You may have a co...

  You’re working out, lifting your normal amount of weights, but you’re starting to feel ambitious. You can lift more than this, right? What could adding more weight hurt? You slip a few more pounds onto the bar and start your reps. It starts off pretty easy, but with each lift, your arms get more and more tired until it happens… your arms buckle. You drop the bar and it comes crashing down...

Your grandmother takes a spill in the living room and hits her head on the ground. She laughs it off, but you start to realize that something’s a little off with her. She seems like she’s in a fog. Her reactions are slow and she seems to be having trouble speaking. She’s had a concussion. A brain injury needs prompt diagnosis and treatment, but it’s not always easy to detect. That’s why it’s ...

If you work on a construction site or any job that require working around heavy equipment, there is always the lingering chance of something causing a concussion. Maybe you slip and fall, hitting your head on something, or something falls and hits you on the head. Either way, a concussion is very serious. A brain injury needs prompt diagnosis and treatment, but it’s not always easy to detect. ...

A brain injury needs prompt diagnosis and treatment. But it’s not always easy to detect. That’s why it’s important to get any head injury checked, even if you think you’re okay. Fortunately, we can screen for concussions and other serious brain injuries right here at our center, with an innovative new device called the BrainScope® One. A BrainScope One head injury assessment is… - Fast. An ass...

A brain injury needs prompt diagnosis and treatment. But it’s not always easy to detect. That’s why it’s important to get any head injury checked, even if you think you’re okay. Fortunately, we can screen for concussions and other serious brain injuries right here at our center, with an innovative new device called the BrainScope® One. A BrainScope One head injury assessment is… - Fast. An ass...