Delaware Back Pain & Sports Rehabilitation Centers

Closed Head Injuries

Comprehensive Care for Traumatic Brain Injuries

At Delaware Back Pain & Sports Rehabilitation Centers we take brain injuries seriously. Our brains are very fragile and vulnerable to all sorts of injury. Any injury to the brain from an external source is called a traumatic brain injury. There are two types of brain injury: penetrating and closed head. A penetrating brain injury occurs when an object, such as a bullet, enters the brain and causes damage in one area. A closed head injury occurs when there is an external blow to the head.

Anne Mack, MD is a brain injury-certified physician who can treat you for your closed head injury. Mild traumatic brain injury is defined as the result of the forceful motion of the head or impact causing a brief change in mental status or loss of consciousness (less than 30 minutes).

Closed head injuries can occur from:

Brain injuries can result in bruised brain tissue, bleeding within the brain, large or small lacerations within the brain, and nerve damage due to shearing forces. The brain can also experience secondary types of damage such as swelling, fever, seizures, or chemical imbalances within the brain. About 15% of people with mild brain injury have symptoms that last one year or more.

Mild traumatic brain injury, commonly referred to as a concussion, is the most prevalent type of brain injury. In a mild brain injury, loss of consciousness and/or confusion and disorientation is shorter than 30 minutes. However, there does not have to be loss of consciousness for a concussion to occur. MRI and CT scans of the brain are often ordered to help evaluate the injury.

Symptoms of Traumatic Brain Injuries

  • Headaches
  • Memory and concentration problems
  • Dizziness
  • Mood swings
  • Visual disturbances
  • Sleep disturbances
  • Fatigue
  • Nausea
  • Loss of balance

These post-injury symptoms are often referred to as post-concussive syndrome. With the proper care and treatment, we can help relieve your symptoms and get you back to work, sports, and daily activities.

Treatments for Closed Head Injuries

  • Cognitive rest
  • Balance activities with rehabilitation therapists
  • Treatment for post-traumatic headaches
  • Referral for vestibular retraining for headaches
  • Referral for cognitive retraining with a speech therapist
  • Evaluation for medications, if needed
  • Referral for counseling
  • Direct gradual return to work, school, athletic activities

Delaware Back Pain & Sports Rehabilitation Centers are located throughout the state in Wilmington, Newark, Middletown, Smyrna, and Dover. For more information and to make an appointment, please call the location nearest you or use our online appointment request form. We look forward to serving you.

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Foulk Road
2006 Foulk Road, Suite B
Wilmington, DE 19810
Phone: (302) 529-8783
Fax: (302) 529-7470

Middletown
124 Sleepy Hollow Drive, Suite 204
Middletown, DE 19709
Phone: (302) 376-8080
Fax: (302) 378-1684

Riverside
700 Lea Blvd., Suite 102
Wilmington, DE 19802
Phone: (302) 764-2615
Fax: (302) 762-4076

Smyrna
29 N. East Street
Smyrna, DE 19977
Phone: (302) 389-2225
Fax: (302) 389-1003

Omega
87 Omega Drive, Building B
Newark, DE 19713
Phone: (302) 733-0980
Fax: (302) 733-7495

Eden Hill (Dover)
200 Banning Street, Suite 350
Dover, DE 19904
Phone: (302) 730-8848
Fax: (302) 730-8846

Glasgow
2600 Glasgow Avenue, Suite 210
Newark, DE 19702
Phone: (302) 832-8894
Fax: (302) 832-8897

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Staffed by certified physiatrists, chiropractors, psychologists, and therapeutic rehabilitation specialists, we provide pain relief for many types of bone, joint, nerve conditions. Our interventional pain management specialists (PM&R) treat closed head injuries, stroke, concussion, whiplash, dizziness, headaches, sciatica, disc problems, back & neck pain, joint stiffness, sleep apnea, muscle spasm, fibromyalgia, arthritis, neuritis, bursitis, and more.  We also treat job related injuries and injury from auto accident, sports or a fall at home.  As experts in Pain Medicine, our doctors provide surgical and non-surgical solutions including trigger point injections, epidural injections, nerve block, spinal cord stimulation, intrathecal spinal pump implant, PRP therapy, Graston® technique, Prolotherapy and more.  Serving Wilmington, Newark, Middletown, Smyrna, and Dover, Delaware.