First Aid Kit
Fortunately, most minor injuries are simple to treat—so simple, in fact, that you can find all of the materials that you need in a well-stocked first aid kit. An inexpensive store-bought kit is a good place to start. You can also assemble your own using the list below as a guide.
Ice and Heat Packs
When you are injured or experience soreness or chronic pain, you may receive conflicting advice about what to do. Apply heat? Apply cold? Here’s an overview of how to use temperature in the healing process.
What steps you should take if you’ve been injured in a car wreck
Being injured in a car wreck can be a traumatic situation both physically and emotionally. Injuries ranging from lacerations, to concussion, to serious lower back issues that can last for years, cannot only make life difficult, but they can cause you to lose time at work.
What Is Outpatient Physical Therapy?
Outpatient physical therapy is physical therapy completed outside the home, which requires you traveling to and from a facility for your sessions. Outpatient physical therapy is what most people refer to or think of when they talk about physical therapy.
Preventing the long-term effects of traumatic brain injury
You’ve been in a car accident and sustained a head injury. You recovered, but years later you begin having difficulty sleeping. You also become very sensitive to noise and bright lights, and find it hard to carry out your daily activities, or perform well at your job. This is a common situation after a traumatic brain injury. A team of researchers led by Jeanne Paz and Stephanie Holden points to a potential new treatment that could prevent the long-term effects of traumatic brain injury.