Don't become a traumatic brain injury statistic
Let’s focus on ways to prevent or reduce the risk of damaging the brain. The statistics for traumatic brain injuries are staggering, 50,000 die, 90,000 are left with long-term disability. Traumatic brain injury can permanently and tragically change lives in an instant. What's the significance of the numbers for us? Statistics can wow us with percentages and tell us how many of what occur each second, minute, day, year, but honestly, what does it do for you? What kind of personal risk do you face and how can you not become a brain injury statistic? Understanding what the numbers really mean might be the first step in motivating you to make some easy lifestyle changes to avoid brain injury. First though, remember that brain injury is what most of us would group together with all head injuries. It's more specific than that. We can bump our heads without suffering brain injury. Because of the complexity of the brain, the loss of function covers a nearly endless arena. The changes that can result from brain injury can be divided into three main categories: Physical, cognitive and behavioral.
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