Brain injured patients have sustained a permanent disability which is very complex. Proper rehabilitative treatment requires skilled therapists and constant attention
The rehabilitative techniques employed by these skilled therapists entail compensation and coping techniques which attempt to provide patients with temporary symptom relief and a measure of functional ability
Areas of focus include visual cortex, vestibulo-ocular reflex, cervico-ocular reflex, optokinetic reflex, rehabituation techniques, balance and coordination techniques, positional transfer retraining, eye-hand coordination, center of gravity retraining, neuromuscular reeducation, headache management, dizziness management, muscle spasm care, cognitive therapies, memory retraining, sleep pattern retraining, emotional support including anxiety, mood swing and depression support, reaction time retraining, assistance with diminished hearing or tinnitus, assistance with diminished reading abilities, training and retraining regarding the stimuli which bring on a return of symptomologies and more…