Every Brain Injury is Different. You Need a Unique Plan for Recovery that works, doesn’t cost an arm and a leg, and helps you live life more fully. You need Mind Your Head Co-op.
Life in the land of the brain bludgeoned is hard. We struggle and strive each day with the burden and challenges of Brain Injury, which just makes the world that much harder.
There is hope. Entering life as fully as possible is the absolute best way to recover as much as possible. Mind Your Head Co-op exists to help you create and implement your custom long term recovery plan.
The Wondrous Gifts of Christ’s Mass!
Our youngest, age two, galavants toward the town gazebo in dawn’s purple light. Having a walking gate again makes it possible for me to go on walks with her and the rest of the family for the first... Read More →
Is this why Movement Fundamentally Heals the Brain?
Premise: we evolved brains for one simple reason: to move with complex intricacy. If that is true, it stands to reason that movement in it’s various forms will help the brain heal by developing new pathways,... Read More →
Lactate Shuttle fuels the Injured Brain?
New research appears to show lactate (you know, the stuff we wrongly used to think made muscles sore after exercise) is a preferred fuel of the injured brain. See the full article. There are a few options... Read More →
How Does the Sound of a Rifle Shot End Your Ability To Walk?
One of the aims of running the Colorado Trail is to raise awareness for brain injury and how it effects those of us with bludgeoned brains. I got the question “How does the sound of a rifle make it... Read More →
Spend a Day on Planet TBI
To a healthy brain this looks like a gentle kiddy ride. To a brain injured brain its a massive barrage of motion blur, flashing lights, sound axes to the head, and much, much more. Want your ticket to... Read More →
Doing Worse Reveals Improvements
Yesterday my youngest daughter, heading for 2 years old, short circuited me by flinging a basket in front of my face. Usually, I would “shut down” rather than enter adrenaline rush which leads... Read More →
Premise: we evolved brains for one simple reason: to move with complex intricacy. If that is true, it stands to reason that movement in it’s various forms will help the brain heal by developing new pathways,... Read More →
Lactate Shuttle fuels the Injured Brain?
New research appears to show lactate (you know, the stuff we wrongly used to think made muscles sore after exercise) is a preferred fuel of the injured brain. See the full article. There are a few options... Read More →
Axona “Medical Food,” or Just Eat to Feed Your Brain
There is a new “medical food” out, Axona, in the form of a milkshake, which essentially is a single element of coconut oil extracted and put into a milk shake to power the brain with ketons rather... Read More →
Learning to Walk Again
Annabel cruising across the creek, well dressed for the 15˚F hike. For the past nine years I have walked differently because of my constant neurological vertigo. Initially, walking was all I could do... Read More →
Stunning Revelations of Brain Healing
Bear with me on this post. It is going to be a longer one. Yesterday, for the first time and second time since my brain injury set in, I ran 5k without holding anything in my hands. See “No Sticks!... Read More →
No Sticks! Alleluia!
Last night I dreamed I ran without my sticks. This morning started off a “hard” brain day. I did a “recovery” run of two-tenths of a mile. When My wife returned from Mass, I asked her to watch... Read More →
