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Veterans / 1st Responder Services

Are you a veteran or 1st Responder who ignores your health care needs?
Have you ever hit your head or had a concussion?

Did you know one hit to the head can cause brain injury? 

Do you have any of the conditions listed below?

The impact of a moderate to severe brain injury can include:
​Cognitive deficits including difficulties with:
  • Attention
  • Concentration
  • Memory
  • Speed of Processing
  • Confusion
  • Impulsiveness
  • Language Processing
  • “Executive functions”
Social-Emotional​
  • Anger
  • Irritability
  • Aggression
  • Depression
  • Lack of motivation
  • Dependent behaviors
  • Disinhibition
  • Denial/lack of awareness​​
Speech and Language
  • not understanding the spoken word (receptive aphasia)
  • difficulty speaking and being understood (expressive aphasia)
  • slurred speech
  • speaking very fast or very slow
  • problems reading
  • problems writing
​​Physical Changes
  • Chronic pain
  • Control of bowel and bladder
  • Sleep disorders
  • Loss of stamina
  • Appetite changes
  • Regulation of body temperature
  • Physical paralysis/spasticity
Vision
  • partial or total loss of vision
  • weakness of eye muscles and double vision 
  • blurred vision
  • problems judging distance
  • involuntary eye movements (nystagmus)
  • intolerance of light (photophobia)

Hearing
  • decrease or loss of hearing
  • ringing in the ears (tinnitus)
  • increased sensitivity to sounds
Smell
  • loss or diminished sense of smell (anosmia)
Taste
  • loss or diminished sense of taste
Sensory
  • difficulties with interpretation of touch, temperature, movement, limb position and fine discrimination


TBI by the Numbers
While it’s difficult to get an accurate number of TBI cases, it is much higher than anyone would expect. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) estimates that, each year, in the US:
  • 1.7 million people in the US suffer traumatic brain injuries
  • 50,000 people die
  • 85,000 people suffer from long-term disabilities
  • 5.3 million people live with disabilities caused by TBI
The highest rates of TBI incidents are found in those involved in violence, construction, car accidents, current military personnel and veterans, sports, and people who have fallen.
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Recognized as the #1 issue vets face today, Traumatic Brain Injuries (TBI) are a major health concern that affects military personnel, both active and, inactive, during times of war – and peace. Every branch of service within the Department of Defense (DoD) and the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has felt the repercussions of TBI throughout their health care systems. ​In fact, TBI is so common that it is now a major focus area of the Veterans Administration (VA). The only issue ranked higher in the VA is the need for more resources to offer health care and vocational retraining to those affected by TBI as they try to integrate back into civilian life.
Learn more about TBI

Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
 
Widely misunderstood and misdiagnosed, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can be triggered in anyone following a life threatening or harrowing experience. It’s most often associated with military members following combat situations, but can also occur in survivors of natural disasters, car accidents, rape or other violent personal attacks.
 
Symptoms of PTSD may not develop immediately after the traumatic event. In many cases, they may not appear until several months, possibly even years later. Having PTSD symptoms is not a sign of weakness, but points to an organic problem in the brain following a significant trauma. Common PTSD symptoms may include:
  • Sleep disturbances
  • Anger problems or irritability
  • Headaches
  • Nightmares
  • Flashbacks
  • Panic attacks
  • Staying away from places and things that trigger memories of the event
  • Emotional disturbances
  • Increased anxiety
Learn more about PTSD

How Balanced Living Can Help
 
Breaking through the barriers of 1st Responder and military culture to successfully treat their ailments has been an ongoing struggle in the United States. The necessary, but often rigid, attitudes and values that enable them to be highly effective in stressful situations can also hinder their seeking and acceptance of valuable treatment options. 
 
Our top three choices for supporting the issues you may face include:
 
1)  Biofeedback
2)  Light therapy
3)  EHT

 
Biofeedback and Light Therapy are registered class 2 medical devices with the FDA.  EHT is a supplement that improves memory, increases focus and mental alertness, and promotes better cognitive function and overall brain health.

Biofeedback  
The Biofeedback system uses five comfortable, conductive straps that wrap around the wrists, ankles and forehead. Once the calibration process is complete, a three-minute Electro Dermal Response stress reaction test is performed with results displayed on a computer software interface.
 
Using biofeedback training programs, technicians can train their clients with stress reduction programs for muscle re-education, relaxation training, pain management and brainwave training to improve the quality of their lives..
​ Benefits of Biofeedback may include:
  • Ability to relax more quickly
  • Deeper state of relaxation during sleep
  • Easier to fall asleep and stay asleep
  • Reduction of stress and hypertension
  • Improved general health
  • Increase in amount of calmness and peacefulness
  • Reduction of anger
  • Less fearfulness
  • Fewer anxiety attacks
  • Reduction of the depth of depression
  • Heightened muscle mobility
  • Enhanced mental clarity
  • Able to pay attention more consistently
  • Better focus of attention
  • Deeper concentration and enhanced memory
  • Less attention to pain and stressors
​

Light Therapy  
This is an exciting therapy with promising benefits. Last June in the Journal of Neurotrauma, they reported the outcomes of LED therapy in 11 patients with chronic TBI. Neuropsychological testing before the therapy and at several points thereafter showed gains in areas such as executive function, verbal learning, memory, better sleep and fewer PTSD symptoms.
 
The use of light therapy with infrared diodes can help promote the healing process in the body. Light from the diodes helps boost the output of nitric oxide near where the LEDs are placed. This helps improve blood flow to those areas. The net result of light therapy is a cascade of beneficial chemical reactions throughout damaged nerve cells that stimulate healing. This response can be directly attributed to increased blood flow.

EHT 
After twenty years of research, Princeton University professor Dr. Jeffry Stock discovered the EHT molecule. This discovery led to the development of EHT® Age-Defying Supplement, Mind Enhancement FormulaTM, which includes the patented EHT extract, a natural mixture of bioactive molecules isolated from coffee.
 
EHT Age-Defying Supplement*:
  • Promotes better cognitive function and overall brain health.
  • Fortifies and strengthens natural brain functions.
  • Protects and supports neuronal networking.
  • Enhances the body’s natural energy stores.
  • Boosts the body’s immune system.
  • Increases focus.
 

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