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Category: Health and ABI

List of Brain Injury Symptoms

Member’s story of her diagnosis through her brain injury and the symptoms she had.

Brain injury, Diagnosis, Symptoms

Brain Injury and the Role of the Speech-Language Pathologist 

This article discusses the role of a Speech-Language Pathologist in rehabilitation and how they can help you recover after an acquired brain injury.

ABI, Rehabilitation, Speech-Language Pathologist

No A/C? Here’s how to keep cool

Featured Image: A wooden thermometer against a blue sky. The mercury on the thermometer is 40°. The summer of 2021 … More

Water bladder

Cycling water bags: essential for recovery, wellness AND hydration

BY: ALISON Staying hydrated is important for maintaining one’s wellbeing. It is even more important for those who are recovering … More

Cycling water bags, hydration, hydration bladder, Mind yourself with Alison, reservoirs, water bladder

How music therapy can help after brain injury

BY: KRISTA TOLOMIZENKO For many people with Acquired Brain Injury (ABI), rehab or therapy is a necessary regimen to regain basic … More

Brain injury, Krista Tolomizenko, Music Therapy

Yoga your way through the holidays

BY: ALYSON ROGERS The Holiday Season can be a challenging time for brain injury survivors for a number of reasons; … More

Alyson Rogers, holiday stress, yoga

I chose my health over the job I loved

BY: ALYSON ROGERS For two and a half years, I worked at a social service agency for youth in Toronto.  … More

Alyson Rogers, brain injury and work, self care

Yoga Brain

BY: ALYSON ROGERS Before my brain injury, I was convinced yoga wasn’t for me; I was a year-round athlete and … More

Alyson Rogers, self care, yoga

Is the ketogenic diet the future for TBI treatment?

BY: MELINDA EVANS Ask any dietitian, and they’ll probably tell you that their clients are asking them about the ketogenic diet … More

Ketogenic Diet
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Fatigue and the heat wave

Featured Image: A close up a circular shaped thermometer reading 100 degrees. Photo credit: jo3design [DSP] May 18: Heat Wave … More

Brain injury, Fatigue, heat wave, Mark Koning

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