March is Brain Injury Awareness Month. Whether you or a loved one has suffered brain injury from a trauma like a sports injury, fall, or car crash or without trauma from a stroke or infection, HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Sugar Land can help!

An injury to your brain can affect every part of your life…from your physical mobility, to your ability to speak, to your fine motor skills, to your memory, and more. Some patients say their families even notice a change in their personalities! After your medical care, you’ll need rehabilitation to see lasting improvements. HealthSouth’s brain injury rehabilitation program has made a difference in the lives of patients who have suffered from traumatic brain injury, stroke, aneurysm, seizure, brain tumor, motor vehicle accident, fall, battlefield injury, or other neurological deficits.

At HealthSouth patients can get all the different therapies they may need––Speech, Occupational and Physical Therapies with the use of advanced neurological equipment––from a group of enthusiastic and caring people. And HealthSouth also offers home-based service assessments (as needed), training in adapting to your long-term limitations, and emotional support for both the patient and caregivers. Nick Hardin, CEO of HealthSouth Sugar Land, says “Every member of the HealthSouth team works together to create a culture of caring that’s ideal for the patients…and those who care for them!”

The Brain Injury Association of America cites the most common causes of brain injury as vehicle crashes, falls, sports injuries and violence.

To prevent injury:
 

• Wear a seatbelt every time you drive or ride in a motor vehicle

• Always buckle your child into a child safety seat, booster seat, or seat belt in the car

• Never drive or engage in physical activity while under the influence of alcohol or drugs

• Wear a helmet and make sure your children wear helmets during appropriate activities

• Use safeguards to avoid falls

• Check first the depth of the water when swimming or diving

• Make sure the surface on your child’s playground is made of shock-absorbing material, such as hardwood, mulch and sand

• Keep firearms stored unloaded in a locked cabinet or safe. Store bullets in a separate secured location

 
HealthSouth Sugar Land Rehabilitation Hospital
281-276-7574
1325 Highway 6
Sugar Land, TX 77478
www.healthsouthsugarland.com