Whiplash and Concussion Symptoms After a Sports Injury or Car Accident

Have you experienced a sports injury or been in a car accident that might have resulted in whiplash injury? When your neck muscles and connective tissues stretch beyond their normal proper range, your neck becomes unstable and can cause debilitating health issues. Concussions are mild traumatic brain injuries that affect how your brain works. A lot of people think you have to pass out to get a concussion, but that's not always true. In [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2024-02-01T18:00:04+00:00February 1st, 2024|

How Long Can a Whiplash Injury Affect Your Body?

Old Whiplash Injuries If you have been wondering if an old whiplash injury is still affecting your body, then it is important for you to understand what medical experts are now defining as the craniocervical syndrome. A group of distinguished experts met in New York City on April 6, 2013 to discuss the impact of a newly identified medical syndrome known as Cranio-Cervical Syndrome (CCS). The conference is expected to become an annual event to [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2021-08-10T16:24:43+00:00August 10th, 2021|

Repetitive Soccer Ball Heading May Be Leading to Brain Injury

Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries and Soccer Fox and CBS news are reporting that repetitive heading of a soccer ball may be leading to brain injury. In the past decade, concern has been raised surrounding concussions and mild traumatic brain injuries sustained by football players and military personnel, as more and more studies have indicated that these injuries may have a lasting impact on cognition and memory. And now, another kind of athlete could potentially [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2021-07-27T21:07:29+00:00July 27th, 2021|

Concussions Have Lingering Effects. Is Relief Possible?

Natural Relief of Football Related Concussions The Hot Topic in Football Many news organizations are reporting on the hot topic in football right now, concussions. Lawsuits, questions of safety and a call for new research from many organizations is daily being reported. The Toledo Blade is reporting that Ohio State University’s Dr. Russell Lonser is setting off on one of his biggest concussion research projects yet. OSU hopes to launch a long-term concussion study [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2020-09-08T15:00:17+00:00September 8th, 2020|

Do Concussions Cause Headaches and Vertigo?

Concussions and Other Head Traumas For years NUCCA doctors have been asking patients if they have a history of head and neck injuries including, car accidents, falls, times where they have been knocked unconscious, had a concussion or stitches to their head. Why? When accidents and injuries tear loose the connective tissue that holds the spine in place it creates a weakness, which allows the spine to break down and lock into a stressed [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2023-06-15T21:59:21+00:00February 22nd, 2020|

Cerebrospinal Fluid (CSF) is Keeping Your Brain Afloat

Have you or your child recently suffered a injury that led to a concussion? Are you or your child experiencing post-concussion syndrome? Your brain's cortex is cushioned from your skull by cerebrospinal fluid (CSF). That is a colorless fluid that circulates in the ventricular system, and it serves an important purpose to your cerebral blood flow. What's the purpose of CSF? Well, here are some things you should know. The Purpose of Cerebrospinal Fluid? [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2021-11-04T16:45:54+00:00January 21st, 2020|

Why is Research Linking Concussions and Alzheimer’s Disease?

Brain Abnormalities Similar in Concussions and Alzheimer's disease Science Codex is reporting that a new study published in the Journal Radiology is showing similar brain abnormalities between mild traumatic brain injury (MTBI), also known as concussions and those found in early Alzheimer's dementia. "Findings of MTBI bear a striking resemblance to those seen in early Alzheimer's dementia," said the study's lead author, Saeed Fakhran, M.D., assistant professor of radiology in the Division of Neuroradiology at the [Read More]

NUCCA Wellness Clinic of Chicago2021-04-06T04:44:48+00:00August 31st, 2019|