Tag Archives: TBI

Releasing Issues from the Tissues: Adaptive Yoga Helps Troops Heal

Posted on February 25, 2013 by kfinley

The Exalted Warrior Adaptive Yoga program continues to provide an alternative therapy for troops at Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, Va.
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Posted in DoD News, Medical Monday, Rotator | Tagged adaptive yoga, Exalted Warrior Foundation, Marines, medication, Naval Medical Center Portsmouth, physical injuries, pos traumatic stress disorder, PTSD, Rear Adm. Tom Steffens, SEAL, service members, Studio Bamboo, surgery, TBI, therapy, traumatic brain injuries, veterans' hospitals, Virginia Beach, Warrior, Wounded Warrior Battalion-East Portsmouth, Yoga | Leave a comment

Soldier with TBI receives Purple Heart

Posted on December 17, 2012 by bniegel

It wasn’t until Capt. Lance Royce was screened for his next deployment that it was determined he suffered a moderate to severe traumatic brain injury during his deployment to Iraq. Since being diagnosed, Capt. Royce completed Officer Candidate School and …
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Posted in DoD News, Medical Monday, Rotator | Tagged Army, IED, Improvised Explosive Devices, military, Officer Candidate School, purple heart, Purple Heart Medal, TBI, traumatic brain injury, U.S.. Army | 4 Comments

Navy Medicine Supports Military Medical Technology Month

Posted on December 3, 2012 by glenn.selby

After a decade of war, we have seen military medical technology advance by leaps and bounds.
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Posted in Brain Injury Awareness, DoD News, Medical Monday | Tagged integrated electronic health record (iEHR), Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory, military medical technology, TBI, technology, telemedicine, Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences (USU), Vice Adm. Matthew L. Nathan, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center | Leave a comment

Improving In-Theater TBI Screening Tools

Posted on August 28, 2012 by jtozer

Jagged debris lacerates the Marine’s face and hands as he dives behind the jeep seeking cover from an improvised explosive device blast 50 meters away. He’s not sure how long it is before the unit corpsman reaches him and finds …
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Posted in DoD News | Tagged cognition, Concussion Management in Deployed Settings, DCoE, Defense, Defense and Veterans Brain Injury Center, Defense Centers of Excellence for Psychological Health and Traumatic Brain Injury, deployment, deployments, DVBIC, filter, head injury, health, help, in the field, injury, leadership, MACE, medical, military, Military Acute Concussion Evaluation, monday, resources, TBI, tools, training, traumatic brain injury, treatment, wellness | Leave a comment

The Therapeutic Value of Adaptive Sports

Posted on August 20, 2012 by jtozer

Like so many Americans, my eyes have been glued to the television this week as Team USA has made a run for Gold-medal dominance in the 2012 London Olympics. But as a Veteran and an amputee, I’m also looking forward …
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Posted in DoD News, Medical Monday | Tagged active duty, Afghanistan, Army, benefits, blue button, burials, care, caregivers, cemetery, college, disabled, Disabled Veterans, education, employment, Family Healing, female veterans, G.I. bill, health, Iraq, jobs, mental health, Navy, NCA, OEF, Post-9/11, PTSD, Rural, sports, TBI, treatment, unemployment, VA, VBA, veteran, Veteran's Day, veterans, Veterans Affairs, VHA, Vietnam, War Health Care, women, writing, WWII | Leave a comment