Concussions suffered by athletes seem to get the most attention,  so you may be surprised that overall, they’re not the people, most at risk . According to the Centers for Disease Control says most concussions are mild, but traumatic brain injuries or TBIs can be severe, making you lose consciousness and causing long term memory loss.

 

Doctors and therapists at HealthSouth Rehabilitation Hospital in Altoona treat more than 150 traumatic brain injuries every year. They work with high school athletes who’ve taken hard hits on the field or court, but they’re more likely see patients who’ve fallen at home, taken an accidental hit in the head, or been in a traffic accident.

 

People  up to 4 years old, and those 65 and older are most likely to suffer  a concussion.

A headache often results,  but Dr. Hugh Newman says you need to watch out for other seemingly unrelated symptoms

 

“When you have a brain injury,   there’s a  lot of things that it affects, your whole demeanor,  your whole personality, and your relationships with your family and friends and people at work,” the brain injury specialist explains.

 

Dr. Newman says at HealthSouth, physical, occupational, and speech therapies can help  patients regain functions they’ve lost due to TBIs.