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Traumatic Brain Injury
Brain Treatment Center serving Carlsbad, Oceanside, Encinitas, CA, and the surrounding areas
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You expect headaches, dizziness, and memory loss after a traumatic brain injury (TBI), but most people aren’t prepared for emotional and cognitive challenges that may last a year or longer. The exceptional team at BrainCare Performance Center specialize in Magnetic e-Resonance Therapy (MeRT), a highly personalized type of transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS) that restores optimal brain function and improves long-lasting symptoms after a TBI. Book online or call the office in Carlsbad, California, to talk with their New Patient Coordinator today and learn if you’re a good candidate for MeRT.
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What is a traumatic brain injury?
A TBI occurs following a blow to your head or after an impact to your body that makes your head snap back and forth (or side to side). Both injuries force your brain to bounce against the skull, damaging the delicate tissues and causing cognitive, physical, and emotional symptoms. A concussion is a mild TBI, yet it still damages nerves, bruises your brain, and disrupts your cognitive abilities and emotions.
A moderate to severe TBI may cause a skull fracture and other serious injuries, including:
Severe brain bruising
Bleeding under the skull
Bleeding in or around the brain
Fluid build-up around the brain
Torn or stretched nerves
Your brain injuries may affect one area or the entire brain.
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What symptoms will I have after a traumatic brain injury?
A mild TBI (concussion) causes one or more of the following symptoms:
Memory loss
Confusion
Headaches
Dizziness
Fatigue
Nausea and vomiting
Blurry or double vision
Seizures
Anxiety
Depression
Anger
Sleep problems
Balance problems
More severe TBIs cause all of the above symptoms and others, such as difficulty speaking, loss of hearing, loss of bowel and bladder control, and muscle weakness or spasticity.
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How are traumatic brain injuries treated?
After suffering a concussion, you need to rest. Avoiding physical and mental activity gives your brain time to heal and prevents a second concussion while the brain is still vulnerable and easily damaged. Moderate to severe TBIs are treated in the hospital, where you receive intensive care and remain closely monitored for life-threatening complications that occur in the days after a TBI, like brain bleeding and swelling.
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How does MeRT treat traumatic brain injuries?
Magnetic e-Resonance Therapy (MeRT) relieves lingering symptoms and restores optimal brain function — after your physician clears you to return to activities or start rehabilitation.
Your BrainCare Performance Center provider begins MeRT by performing a qualitative electroencephalogram (qEEG). They use your qEEG to map your brainwaves and identify abnormal patterns. Unusual brainwaves indicate precise brain areas that aren’t working optimally because of underactive nerves.
Your provider treats those brain areas with transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS). The magnetic pulses stimulate nerve activity, rebuilding nerve pathways and restoring neurotransmitter levels. MeRT revitalizes your brain function, restores cognitive health, and relieves your TBI symptoms.
Insurance Coverage
We accept TriCare Insurance for those who qualify. Currently, the only conditions that TriCare covers are Depression and Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder. We are happy to check with Tricare on your behalf to see if you qualify.
For all other insurance, we are unable to file on your behalf. We can provide you with a Super Bill at the end of your treatment. You can submit this to your insurance company to see if they will reimburse you.
Medicare and Medicaid do not provide benefits for treatment.
Treatment for all other conditions other than Depression and OCD is considered off-label. Insurance will not provide coverage for any other condition.
We do take all major credit cards.