While there are occasionally cases that make the news of someone recovering from locked-in syndrome or a similar diagnosis, this is incredibly rare. Most people diagnosed with this condition do not recover any significant motor function following their illness or injury. Those with an accurate diagnosis of locked-in syndrome suffer from a permanent locked-in condition… Read More
Is Locked In Syndrome Common?
Locked in syndrome is not common. In fact, it’s an extremely rare condition with fewer than one case diagnosed per million people. Locked in syndrome leaves the person with an inability to move their limbs or turn their head and with no ability to communicate verbally. However, he or she remains cognitively intact with full… Read More
Should Children Play Tackle Football?
As the connection between tackle football and permanent brain damage became a national conversation over the past decade, parents began to collectively ask the same question… Should I let my child play football? This is not a new question, however. In the early 20th century, Amos Alonzo Stagg, often called the godfather of modern football, petitioned… Read More
Interactive Parts of the Spine & Vertebrae Sections
Interactive Parts of the Spine & Vertebrae Sections Vertebrae are numbered and named according to where they are located in the spinal cord. The spine is divided into four regions which contain vertebrae: the cervical, the thoracic, the lumbar, and the sacral. Hover over each part to see what they do. Vertebrae Connections & Functions… Read More
Psychosis
Head injury and traumatic brain injury (TBI) are both fairly common conditions that can result in a variety of problems and symptoms such as dementia and psychosis. To a psychiatrist, these mental impairments are known as neurobehavioral deficits and include impairment in emotions, memory, cognition, and accompanying behavior. Psychosis is a generic term that lumps… Read More
South Dakota Support Groups
Learning to cope with a spinal cord injury may be the biggest challenge ever faced by an SCI patient and his or her family. It is good to know that you are not alone in such a difficult situation. SCI support groups provide the opportunity to make friends with people undergoing similar challenges and also offer the… Read More