Finding Motivation Within the Impaired Brain
What are you? Brain Damaged? Yup! What are you? Retarded? Yup! Kids used to insult each other using terms like brain...
Podcast 68 – Harnessing Neuroplasticity to Restore Function with Garrett Salpeter
Let’s talk neuroscience! Who is Garrett Salpeter and why is he on the podcast? I first met Garrett through Dr....
An Intro to the Neurology of Vision 🧠 👁
So… I got a puppy… 🐶
Do you like puppies? Me too! Especially this guy (the one in the middle).He’s not gonna stay a puppy, but...
A Year of TRUTH and LOVE. A Year of LOVE and LIGHT
This year is not a year of censorship and divisiveness.YOU ARE ALL WELCOME! With open arms and love in our...
How Psychology and Nutrition Impact Recovery: Wanna Get Fat
After waking to a nurse cleaning my tracheostomy and NG tube, a clinical psychologist entered my room. “Hi, Cavin. My...
Empowerment is Required for Recovery: Yes, You Will
I remember a young MD entering my room, a line of residents following behind him. He carried himself with an...
Adjusting to Tracheostomy: Silence of the Lambs
I woke up in an unfamiliar room with no memory of what I was doing there. I opened my mouth...
Transferring Hospitals after TBI: Out of the Pan
My half flaccid and half spastic body was transferred to a cot. I was wheeled out of the room, down...
Finding the Right Rehabilitation Hospital: The Hands of the Clock
Word that I had stood had travelled from therapists, nurses, doctors, and then to the social worker who I was...
My First Physical Therapy Experience: The Stand
Atrophy refers to the partial or complete wasting away of a part of the body commonly due to prolonged inactivity....
Dyspraxia and Gastric Feed: Truth is Hard to Swallow
My next memory takes place during the day. My mother sat in a chair next to my inclined hospital bed....
