Curve In The Road
When life throws an unexpected curve in the road, there is hope.
Resources
Recovery Programs
This is a list of programs and ministries that focus on the recovery from trauma and Traumatic Brain Injury
The Masgutova Method® is a comprehensive set of programs that focus motor reflex and sensory system integration to overcome the impact of trauma. Dr. Masgutova developed the Masgutova Method after attending to the survivors of the Ufa train accident, where hundreds of people, many of them children, perished or were severely injured and traumatized.
Since 1989, Dr. Masgutova has been researching the influence of motor reflex and sensory integration on the different aspects of motor, communication and cognitive development, and emotional and behavioral regulation, to assist people seeing to overcome the effects of trauma.
To find a professional trained in this method in your area, please click here.
This program treats the effects of TBI through the use of cognitive treatments to rewire the brain. Neuroplasticity, also known as brain plasticity, is the brain’s ability to change both its physical structure and its functional organization in response to training and experience – to grow dendrites (the branch like structures on the cell body of the neuron which receive signals coming from other neurons), to form new neural connections, to strengthen existing connections, to grow new neurons, to increase neurotransmitters – all of which fundamentally change the brain’s capacity to learn and to function, and this can happen throughout the lifespan.
This is a continuum of highly individualized treatment services that encompass emotional trauma and other mental health conditions. Their core treatment approach focuses on nervous system regulation and related emotional trauma, making their programs uniquely able to help the most critically complex patient. Learn more at www.themeadows.com.
The lead researcher is Dr. Bessel van der Kolk, MD. and his reserch article on the use of Neurofeedback can be found here.
Born to a drug-dealing father who refused to claim his own child, Victor Marx spent a terror-filled childhood as he was abused by multiple step-fathers and dragged between fourteen separate schools and seventeen different houses. Love and stability were flickering dreams amid a nightmarish reality. As a teenager, he sought refuge from his life through the hallucinogenic haze of drugs, but nothing brought peace or hope.
In adulthood, Victor Marx was diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and mental illness. But, instead of remaining a victim chained to his horrible past, he embraced new life and hope through Jesus Christ.
In this resource, there are three documentary movies chronicling the struggles of PTS(d) recovery and healing as told through a series of interviews.
Ministries Dealing with Trauma and Recovery
Articles on TBI and Seizures
Articles from a variety of sources concerned with TBI and seizures, and their linkage to auto accidents
A common effect of trauma to the head is the onset of seizures. In this article from Elanaspantry.com, five alternative treatments for seizures for those who do not wish to employ a pharmacological approach or for those whom drugs have not helped are presented, along with a list of helpful comments.
This article is written from a legal perspective dealing with brain injury and TBI cases involving seizures. For those of us facing seizures after TBI in ourselves or our loved ones, a big take-away from this article is that it is not unusual, even if it occurs much later down the road of recovery.
This article is written to take away the "scary" feeling when dealing with Post traumatic seizures and replace it with very important and practical steps in dealing with it if it happens.
One of the problems that can occur after a traumatic brain injury (TBI) is seizures. Although most people who have a brain injury will never have a seizure, it is good to understand what a seizure is and what to do if you have one.
This link is to lecture notes that Alan Towne, MD, MPH Virginia Commonwealth University Northeast Epilepsy Center Of Excellence in Richmond, Virginia delivered concerning the linking of seizures to Traumatic Brain Injury. His research was on veterans who experienced TBI in combat.
This link is to the CDC's information site concerning seizures from TBI and steps that can be taken to prevent brain injury and dealing with the seizures.
Another article written from a legal perspective discussing the relationship between auto accidents and TBI. One of the most frequent causes of epilepsy and seizure disorders is traumatic brain injury. The initial injury can be mild, moderate or severe. Typically, however, it is severe head trauma that can lead to epilepsy. The brain injury can be caused by a car accident.
Books
Books Dealing with Trauma and Recovery
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Glory in the Morning by Mary Banks Knechtle
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The Woman Who Changed Her Brain: How I Left My Learning Disability Behind and Other Stories of Cognitive Transformation by Barbara Arrowsmith Young
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Switch On Your Brain: The Key To Peak Happiness, Thinking, and Health by Dr. Caroline Leaf
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A Path Through Suffering: Discovering the Relationship Between God's Mercy and Our Pain by Elisabeth Elliot
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The Prayer That Heals: Praying for Healing in the Family by Francis MacNutt
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A Step Further: Growing Closer to God Through Hurt and Hardship by Joni Eareckson Tada and Steve Estes
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Divine Healing by Andrew Murray
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Hinds Feet on High Places by Hannah Hurnard
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It's Not Supposed To Be This Way: Finding Unexpected Strength When Disappointments Leave You Shattered by Lysa Terkeurst
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