Traumatic Brain Injury Therapy, Rehabilitation, and Recovery at Shepherd Center

Comprehensive Brain Injury Rehabilitation and Support

The brain is extremely complex, and brain injury affects each person differently. Shepherd Center's Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program provides a full continuum of services to treat patients who have experienced a traumatic brain injury (TBI) or non-traumatic brain injury.

Our programs treat specific conditions, such as disorders of consciousness, and specific age groups, such as adolescents. Shepherd Center’s 10-bed ICU allows our specialists to begin treatment early for patients with complex brain injuries and to address secondary complications resulting from the injury.

What Is a Brain Injury?

Brain injuries often occur as a result of a severe car accident, fall or sports-related incident. There are two types of brain injury: traumatic and non-traumatic brain injury.

• A traumatic brain injury (TBI) is defined as a blow or jolt to the head or a penetrating head injury that disrupts the function of the brain.
• A non-traumatic brain injury can be the result of an illness, oxygen deprivation, metabolic disorders, aneurysms, cardiac arrest or near-drowning experience. It includes injuries to the brain that are not caused by an external physical force to the head.

Shepherd Center’s Leading Brain Injury Rehabilitation Specialists

Our brain rehabilitation and recovery experts are highly trained leaders in the field of TBI rehabilitation. They provide patient-focused care rooted in leading-edge treatments, technologies and research. More than treating immediate needs, our clinicians work to develop a personalized path to long-term recovery for all patients, with the goal of helping them get back to what they enjoy.

Meet our ABI specialists

Why Choose Shepherd Center’s Brain Injury Rehabilitation Program?

With a specialty focus on brain and spinal cord injury rehabilitation and research, we have more expertise and experience with brain injuries than most rehabilitation centers in the United States. U.S. News ranks Shepherd Center among the top 10 rehabilitation hospitals in the country, and we are also one of an elite group to be designated as both a Spinal Cord Injury Model System and a Traumatic Brain Injury Model System by the National Institute on Disability, Independent Living, and Rehabilitation Research (NIDILRR).

Our focus and expertise helps us to provide better care, resulting in better outcomes and higher return-to-home rates than the national average. Our care is not only effective, but it also it blends comfort and compassion, which results in high patient satisfaction. In fact, our patients and their families give 96 out of 100 points to rate their likelihood to recommend Shepherd Center to others in need of rehabilitation care.

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Programs at Shepherd Center

Shepherd Center provides a variety of programs that are tailored to individual needs for the best possible recovery. Learn about our brain injury rehabilitation programs below.

Learn About Brain Injury Conditions, Treatment, and Care

If you or a loved one is starting the path to recovery from brain injury, you may have many questions. We want to provide you with the information and education you need to properly prepare for the future. That’s why we’ve compiled the following brain rehabilitation resources. Learn more about brain injury and TBI rehabilitation:

• Types of Brain Injuries – Discover the two types of brain injuries and how they commonly occur
• Understanding Brain Injury – Learn more about the science of brain injury in this video series
• Questions to Consider when Selecting a Rehabilitation Facility for Brain Injury – Find out the right questions to ask when choosing a brain rehabilitation facility to make sure it’s right for your loved one’s brain injury treatment
• MyShepherdConnection.org – Explore brain injury-related educational information for patients, families, and caregivers.

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