Head and Brain Injury Patients and Stroke Victims Report Significant Improvements After Using ACE Clinics Proven Neurofeedback Programs

Even After Their Doctors Said that No More Improvement was Possible!

A head or brain injury can happen to anyone at any time and is the result of direct trauma to the head. It can come from a fall, an accident or an assault. It can range from a concussion (mild) to a more severe injury such as haematoma (bleeding in the brain) or a long-term coma. Many people also experience a short-term loss of consciousness.

A stroke happens when an artery to the brain is clogged by a blood clot. When this happens, the part of the brain where the clot occurs is deprived of oxygen and the cells in that part of the brain start to die.

Depending on where the injury or stroke occurs, a number of everyday cognitive functions can become weakened or seriously impaired. Memory loss is a common complaint. Some people report problems with their short-term memory, organizing information, reasoning, problem-solving and executive functions. You may be struggling to remember names and faces, or go back to work or school expecting the same performance as before.

A head or brain injury doesn't just affect your brain. It can take its toll physically, mentally and emotionally and therefore requires a very comprehensive clinical approach.

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How ACE Clinics Can Help

Recovering from a head or brain injury should involve a multi-disciplinary approach, including physiotherapy, occupational therapy, pain management, and psychotherapy. The treatment offered at ACE Clinics can help restore your brain's cognitive ability, regardless of what caused it.

Many people come to ACE Clinics after they have been told by their current doctors or therapists that they could progress no further. Fortunately, using our individualized approach, many of these individuals make a remarkable recovery and still others regain close or complete brain and cognitive function to pre-injury levels.

From Our Clients...

Keitha*, a university student, was referred to our clinic after she was hit by a car while crossing the road. She received cognitive rehabilitation, but still had trouble thinking clearly and was not able to return to school. Her main compliant was the inability to retain what she read. She also became easily distracted. EEG tests showed that she suffered from a difficulty in creating a certain brain pattern called Beta, which is associated with the ability to sustain a state of attention. It was pretty clear that her inability to retain information was predominately due to her concentration impairment.

We started Keitha on cognitive exercises that focused on her concentration and as a result her retrospective memory, which relates to remembering recent information and things from the past, got significantly better. We then focused on enhancing her working and long term memory, which in turn improved her ability to retain what she read, process written material adequately and recall it on demand. After three months, Keitha returned to school.

Janet* was involved in a devastating motor vehicle accident in which two people died. When referred to our clinic about four years after the accident, she was being treated by numerous professionals for her symptoms, mostly associated with her brain injury. At the time, she was told that she had reached her maximum level of recovery. Janet had an exceptionally positive attitude and said she would do whatever it took to get better. Her main goal was to be able to drive, something that appeared impossible because of her slow reaction time and inability to focus on more than one small piece of information at a time.

After a few months of intensive cognitive retraining in our clinic, Janet developed such a sharp memory that everyone around her was astounded. She was able to read a book and hear what people were saying and later recall that information in detail. She resumed playing the piano, went back to school and recently started taking driving lessons, to the amazement of everyone who knew her.

(*Names have been changed for privacy reasons)