By Kathryn Decker, MScOT Reg. (Ont). Life care planners at GLA prioritize communication with a client’s rehabilitation and medical providers to elicit future treatment recommendations. The client’s treating health care professionals best know what treatment will be...
This blog post is going to focus on the diagnosing and management of pediatric concussions. It should first be noted that “pediatric” is considered any persons under the age of 18 years. In 2014, the Ontario Neurotrauma Foundation created a set of guidelines and...
About 80-90% of all TBI’s are classified as mild (or a concussion). The incidence of mild TBI is 600/100,000. However due to a lack of recognition and missed diagnoses this number may be twice as high1. True mild TBI’s are often overlooked and clients miss the...
In my practice as an occupational therapist I have had the opportunity to work with many clients coping with post concussive disorder. Almost always, clients with this condition will tell me that they are having difficulty paying attention and can’t remember things...
When mild traumatic brain injuries (sometimes known as concussions) don’t heal as expected, clients are sometimes diagnosed with a condition called post-concussive disorder. Symptoms of post concussive disorder include headaches, dizziness, light and noise...
