Concussion

Common causes of a concussion

Acceleration-deceleration movements (motor vehicle accidents)
Striking the head against a hard surface
- Falling on ice
- Falling on a slip 'n slide
- Slipping on a wet spot (like food)
Head being struck by an object
- Head hit by a ball
Blasts
Explosions

How we can help

Attention

- Identifying distractions

- Managing distractions

- Paying attention for an extended period of time, especially to complete work responsibilities

- Keep you from losing your train of thought or saying "What was I saying?" in the middle of your sentence

Memory

- Remembering if you completed something or not

- Remembering if someone told you something or not

- Remembering if you told someone else something or not

- Remembering things you need to do

- Confidence related to changes in memory

- Using calendars, timers/alarms, to-do lists, and more to efficiently complete household chores and work responsibilities

Executive functioning

- Better awareness of deficits

- Planning, prioritizing and organizing to-do lists and work responsibilities such as projects and deadlines

Cognitive fatigue

- Training for strategies to decrease cognitive fatigue so you don't finish the day mentally drained

Mental slowness

- Training for strategies so you have time to complete work tasks, household chores, hobbies efficiently and accurately

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Mindful Speech Therapy is a Certified Brain Injury Specialist (CBIS).

Ways we've helped patients since their concussion

- Helping patients return to the same position they helped prior to their concussion (either from workers compensation or an injury unrelated to work)

- Referring to specialists to best serve the patient (neurologists, counselors, physical medicine & rehabilitation Drs, physical therapists, etc.)

- Providing extensive education about a concussion diagnosis, how to prevent future concussions, common symptoms of a concussion

- Providing strategies to help with memory, attention, manage cognitive fatigue, decrease mental slowness, strategies for finding words, increase awareness of deficits, and more

What patients are saying...

Heather is "the absolute sweetest and very good at what she does."

I am thankful to have been a client at Mindful Speech. It was a true blessing and honor being connected with my therapist. She is awesome with her work. She helped me so much and got me on a better track, I was a mess before I began my sessions.