Those who have suffered a traumatic brain injury/concussion will often need other therapies to assist with regaining memory, learning skills, coordination, physical function, speech, and coping mechanisms. This is because brain injuries are complex and can affect many aspects of a person’s life, including their emotions and the ability to think clearly. In fact, some people cannot work again or complete day-to-day activities.
During sports activities, numerous athletes experience concussions or a stroke. This can be during normal training and competition as much as during an accident. Some sports are more physical than others and hits to the head may be deemed normal, but over time these small concussions can lead to Traumatic Brain Injury. Equally, accidents do happen especially within competitive sports. Concussions or even strokes can be the result and may not receive the same amount of attention as other injuries. They do, however, need customized and individual treatment. MeRT has proven very efficient for these conditions.
Recovery time after a concussion is different for everyone—it can take weeks, months, or even years. Some people recover fully, but others have long-term or lifelong disabilities.
Concussions can affect memory, concentration, judgement, reflexes, speech, balance and muscle coordination. People with concussions often tell us that they have brief periods of amnesia or forgetfulness, where they don´t remember what happens immediately before or after the injury.
The signs and symptoms of a concussion may include:
Headache
Ringing in the ears
Nausea
Vomiting
Fatigue or drowsiness
Blurry vision
Other signs and symptoms may include:
Confusion or feeling as if in a fog
Amnesia surrounding the dramatic event
Dizziness or "seeing stars
Results may vary based on individual users, and there are no guarantees given.
The broken brain
Those who have suffered a traumatic brain injury or concussion will often need other therapies to assist with regaining memory, learning skills, coordination, physical function, speech, and coping mechanisms. This is because brain injuries are complex and can affect many aspects of a person’s life, including their emotions and the ability to think clearly. In fact, some people cannot work again or complete day-to-day activities.
The symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) and PTS are very similar (approx. 70%) but require a different healing process. TBI can cause PTS, and as such, they are linked. In many countries, TBI is not seriously recognised despite the fact that Service Members have shared a similar environment over the past two decades. NeuroOptimize provides customised and individual healing processes for these two conditions and is dedicated to ensuring that the right condition receives the right healing.
Through the MeRT treatment, we stimulate the brain with magnetic stimulation. This has shown very good results for people with concussions/TBI.
In our clinic, we treat people for depression, which is often a symptom of people suffering from concussion/TBI, and our treatment has shown very effective results for people suffering from concussion/TBI.
See more about Concussion and TBI research here.
Depending on the severity of your injury, symptoms can include
- Loss of consciousness
- Headaches
- Fatigue or lethargy
- Dilated pupils and vision changes
- Dizziness
- Memory problems
- Confusion
- Cognitive decline
- Inappropriate emotional responses
- Anger
- Depression
- Feeling of isolation
- PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)
- Anxiety or panic attacks
- Facial weakness
- Weakness or loss of function in other parts of the body
- Loss of bladder or bowel control
- Breathing problems
- Numbness and tingling in different parts of the body
- Loss of hearing or tinnitus
“The brain seems to be responding to these injuries in the same way…”
Dr. Erik Won, President & Chief Medical Officer at Wave Neuroscience
“What we’re finding is that the brain responds to insult the same way, whether it’s chronic sleep deprivation, whether it’s the mechanical injury of head-to-head contact repeatedly on a football field, or whether it’s being exposed to repeated blast injuries in the military or just direct contact with IEDs. The brain seems to be responding to these injuries the same way. …
“For so many years now, there’s been this feeling of helplessness that concussions are just a fact of life and there’s not a lot that we can do. I think we’re starting to get down to, at a foundational level, the root cause of mechanisms of injury, which will lead us down the pathway of finding solutions.”
– Dr. Erik Won, President of Wave Neuroscience, from his appearance on the Broken Brain podcast
Much of the initial MeRT research has been done by the U.S. Department of Defense for veterans returning from combat. There is an article that was published in Defense One that further explains the DOD’s research and the benefits that MeRT has been shown to have on people suffering from TBI, PTSD, and MDD. Additional studies have been completed in the private sector on other conditions (See under research)
Results may vary based on individual users and there are no guarantees given.
