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I attended the Healing The Brain conference on Wednesday, May 24, 2017 as a brain injury survivor and live tweeted it, both to share with the world and my way of taking notes. I came away pumped with a clearer way of seeing the brain and a renewed purpose for revising my book Concussion Is Brain Injury. Doidge spoke eloquently on why neuroplasticity can be harnessed to permanently treat brain injuries and Thompson on one effective way to do so. Brain maps prove people with brain injury/concussion have real problems and are not malingering! Read the tweets for all the deets!
OMG.In pain but jonesing to make my book even clearer after that #HealingTheBrain conference (see my tweets) below #concussion #braininjury
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 25, 2017
https://twitter.com/ShireenJ/status/867482745102110720
Doidge: 2 ways to improve. Resynchronize noisy brain. Get other neurons to take over. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: #braininjury treatment is multi modal w counselling, one-on-one in brain biofeedback training. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge:we don't underst effects of meds on the injured brain.(True. Lotsa us won't touch meds bc awful effects) #concussion #HealingtheBrain https://t.co/B9sKT87BOq
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: side effects aren't side effects but effects of meds. They're just ones we don't like. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: need to understand plasticity & individuals one to take a person off opioids. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: Medications when necessary not necessarily meds. Pills & skills. ⬆️skills, ⬇️pills. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
#HealingTheBrain Conference Raises $15,000 for St. Michael's Hospital Head Injury Clinic #HSHEvents pic.twitter.com/n01l15pHlj
— Howie, Sacks & Henry (@hshlawyers) May 24, 2017
Thompson says when see jagged on HRV, refer to cardiologist. I saw 5 MDs, cldn't help me. No clue of #braininjury & hearts. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: physical exercise is huge in #concussion rehab. Don't do it to extent to induce symptoms eg walk w sunglasses. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson : get apps or go to https://t.co/WmdFpPWOIo has a breath pacer, use diaphragm breathing 4 HRV, ⬇️stress. Exercise! #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: re "neurofeedback"be skeptical,do research to find out if it's way do it.Chk https://t.co/yhO1Xbjn53 #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: any pathways exercised, get increase in volume. Depends on which fibres. Like to see med'n research. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: big believer in meditation but not first thing on his list. It's a piece; for most not sufficient. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain https://t.co/LtDWDvS5vd
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Question:Experienced meditators thicken white myelin sheathe.Give me strength. HTF cld someone lk me do that?! #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: cost to client of not doing tests&brain biofeedback was 16mos on couch. do get back to productivity. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: we hv these not-very-expensive tests that assess brains ($1500).EVERYONE BENEFITS when ppl get better. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: re malingering question: takes hours & hours w person & discovering patterns to see unconscious mind not 1hr (IME) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Ouchterlony: no funding for fMRI & none looking at big pic eg tie to homeless. We shld be using these #braininjury tests. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson:brain doesn't lie.That's why client who spoke felt validation whn brain mapped & her probs explained. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain https://t.co/RKsKSGO7HE
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Ouchterlony: Question on malingering tool: is there a good one to detect it? Maybe interpreted surveillance. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Ouchterlony: We're in mode of not finding ways to do it (treat #braininjury ) than treating. (Yeah, too true.) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: Most Brain biofeedback practitioners in Montreal (in Canada) bc journo wrote an article.Studies didn't move ppl. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: Cdn athletes.US military largest user of brain biofeedback. QEEG/brain map considered gold standard. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: once paradigm established, insiders talk shop in it. Drill deep. Learn a lot abt a lil. #HealingtheBrain #braininjury https://t.co/uyj9ACsQJX
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: in any given domain, several particular scientific theory ie paradigm. A clear book establishes a paradigm. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: Taub strain-induced therapy most documented. 500 studies proving works. Not used bc outside paradigm. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Final panel discussion answering questions. Good 1st one. US military spends on these therapies. Aren't enough studies now? #HealingtheBrain pic.twitter.com/NbV7s4tt02
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
More lay ppl stuck around to ask Doidge questions at library way back than professionals are for him & panel. Tut. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Proceeds from #HealingtheBrain conference going to head injury clinic at @StMikesHospital ! $15k
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Glad you enjoyed it, @PropelPhysioTO! #HealingTheBrain #HSHEvents
— Howie, Sacks & Henry (@hshlawyers) May 24, 2017
Great photo, @kurkles! #HealingTheBrain #HSHEvents https://t.co/FtAxG5c8ie
— Howie, Sacks & Henry (@hshlawyers) May 24, 2017
Key is edu of insurers, adjusters, anyone deciding on your treatment plans for new #braininjury therapies. #HealingtheBrain #onpoli
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Things you learn! Yes #onpoli if you're injured in a car crash,defence counsel has a surveillance budget on YOU! #insurance #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/ShireenJ/status/867450250092568576
Grouping of serious but not catastrophic is going to get larger & larger & funds not going 2B adequate. #insurance #onpoli #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Defence counsel: make easier by not submitting $25k treatment plan but $8k w reassessment. (Uh, multiple trtmnt plans=hell) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Ins adjuster: all of us w these reduced limits that funds spent to treatments (that work) #onpoli #insurance #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Ins adjuster: Submit treatment plan in way almost impossible to say no.She listed y questions. Details! #insurance #onpoli #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Levy: Key is to get them out of "experimental" and get these treatments out into the mainstream. How do that? #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Who are the right folks to do assessments & treatment plans for these new #braininjury trtmnts? #insurance #onpoli #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Great information from Dr. Norman Doidge on cutting edge treatment of #concussion #mTBI #HealingTheBrain HSHEvents
— Propel Physiotherapy (@PropelPhysioTO) May 24, 2017
Creating a standard of care and edu for this new trtmnt is going to be a duty for A grade plaintiff shops to lead industry. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Ins adjuster: request complete records. (Yup, I know what that's like to see your lifetime OHIP records in insurer hands!) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Defence counsel: until this treatment is standard, want to get to know claimant. Combo of character, injury, context. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Ins adjuster: Person w a mild #braininjury is always more complicated case. Different treatments, opinions. Compliance. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Levy: how to translate all this new science to rehab for our clients takes time, & the resistance? Panel incl ins adjuster. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/ShireenJ/status/867441316992569345
Baker. Avg #concussion pt has seen 30 care facilities and spent $5000 before get to @StMikesHospital head injury clinic. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Baker: research includes studying underlying neurophysiology of #concussion #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Baker: want to get better that don't miss #concussion in trauma centre. Do the scans. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Baker: can make inroads to how to manage symptoms tho don't understand underlying physiology. #concussion #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Baker: setting practice guidelines important to raise bar for standards of #braininjury care across ONtario. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Baker: provide cognitive strategies at head injury clinic. Relearning skills for everyday life. Committed to research. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Head injury clinic at @StMikesHospital has only ONE shrink to address mental health issues of #braininjury ?!! #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Baker: head injury clinic focuses on getting patients back to health w multi-discipline approach. ??? #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Baker: breaks down #concussion symptoms into physical, cognitive, mental health, life functional. #HealingtheBrain pic.twitter.com/F25qqLQMZn
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Baker: lists some of the #concussion symptoms. #HealingtheBrain pic.twitter.com/xMXVSP4LqD
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Baker: may see changes in acute phase of #concussion in fMRI. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Baker: #braininjury far outstrips any other condition. Acute #concussion stage may be diff from chronic but don't kn. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Baker: patients from severe to mild #braininjury who become clients of head injury clinic. (Numbers mind boggling.) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Baker: head injury clinic foundation for adult trauma centre. @StMikesHospital #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Now going to hear from @StMikesHospital director of head injury. My Dad knows him, he looks familiar so maybe I met him?? #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: shows the effect of intervention 40 sessions at @ADDCentre of #braininjury w brain biofeedback . #HealingtheBrain pic.twitter.com/HgnXddr9UP
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
I think that's neurorelaxation Doidge was talking about. Meditation is also neurorelaxation. #HealingtheBrain #braininjury https://t.co/IIyw9VPXsT
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson took us through diaphragmatic breathing. Use that diaphragm! Activates parasympathetic sys. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: Focus is now training neural networks w LORETA 19-pt channels. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
People who've followed my #braininjury journey will have seen the brain biofeedback @ADDCentre uses & Thompson showing now. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: first use of brain biofeedback was for epilepsy. Proven treatment for it. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: Paraventricular etc Only nucleus in brain has both efferent & afferent connections so can influence sympathetic #HealingtheBrain pic.twitter.com/6YaSIJrMi2
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: can influence heart after #concussion with heart rate variability biofeedback. Heart & brain are connected. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: this athlete w #concussion says has no symptoms but test looking into brain shows slowed down. #HealingtheBrain pic.twitter.com/ZVyoUVi7o2
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
https://twitter.com/ShireenJ/status/867414767882862592
https://twitter.com/ShireenJ/status/867414215727906816
Thompson : placebo network goes thru hippocampus – memory. "Placebo: Remembered wellness." #braininjury #HealingtheBrain pic.twitter.com/rQ4Q2VWHCM
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: this shows typical (but not always bc #braininjury is individual) ⬆️in delta, ⬇️alpha/beta. #HealingtheBrain pic.twitter.com/05qAXckcpo
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: looking inside brain initially and as go along essential for intervention. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: myelin sheathe built back up with fish oil. Recommend fish oil for everyone w #braininjury #concussion #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: comprehensive assessment leads to effective interventions -> #braininjury #concussion #HealingtheBrain pic.twitter.com/TcAkrsdu4j
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: full assessment actually looks at brain. Brain speed, qEEG, continuous performance Tests, LORETA, neuropsych #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
#CAT-scan humour by Dr. Thompson at #HealingtheBrain conference #HSHevents @ Toronto Marriott… https://t.co/CjeM5GwYel
— Howie, Sacks & Henry (@hshlawyers) May 24, 2017
Thompson: standard medical assessments also doesn't lead to any active #braininjury treatment. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: Standard medical tools suck. Oh, sorry that's my word. ImPact SCAT 5 MRI ct eeg (not same as qEEG) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: her client's vision got better too after #braininjury & targetting vision network w LORETA. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson's client given tools to understand & cope w AND treatment of her diffuse axonal injury. @ADDCentre #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Biggest thing for Thompson's client she got from @ADDCentre assessments: validation. Huge!! #braininjury #concussion #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: intros 1 of her clients injured in 2012, who didn't think anything wrong w herself at time of crash. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: lists all the wonderful symptoms of diffuse axonal injury. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson : qEEG and fMRI picks up diffuse axonal injury. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: diffuse axonal injury (DAI). Axon twists and shears. Communication links betw neurons. MRI & CT doesn't see it. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: 25%.⬇️ in corpus callosum thickness. More densely packed microglia 18 years Post #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: persistent inflammation & ongoing white matter degeneration persists years. qEEG can pick it up. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: vasoconstriction. Cells need energy but can't get it so Cell dies but maybe in days. Cell connxn disrupted too. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: neurometabolic cascade right after #concussion ⬆️glutamate & Ca in brain, ⬇️blood flow, energy crisis. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: #concussion aka mild traumatic #braininjury can happen sans hitting head or losing consciousness. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: 1. New assessment tools. 2 new treatment methods. 3. Measurable outcomes. #braininjury #concussion #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: 2nd #concussion happens when go on symptoms alone, reflexes slow, reinjured. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: Brain maps from qEEG show false recovery:football player says Im Ok but fewer neurons firing in sync.He regresses #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: can observe things if have right tools. Brain maps from quantitative EEG. Measure brainwaves, compare to db. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: 56% mTBI not identified in ER. (Yup, been there.) sans assessment, may underestimate injury. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: why not sit and wait for brain to heal after #concussion – suicide, 9x⬆️ poor cognitive function. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: concussion is traumatic #braininjury induced by biomechanical forces. Functional not structural. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Thompson: apply neuroplasticity to exercise brain to improve outcomes for ppl w #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Yay! Dr. Lynda Thompson's up. I told her back in 2007 she and @ADDCentre saved my life! #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: neurovascular coupling -> #HealingtheBrain pic.twitter.com/31QhXcF2gh
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: we in Toronto blessed bc we have a # of these healers who don't get recognition deserve here to treat #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: neurovascular coupling of more needs draws in more blood decouples in #braininjury . Boot camp re-couples. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: target hypoactivated w brain exercises in a boot camp way make huge diff in a week (!!). #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: in #braininjury certain parts hyperactivated, certain hypo. Former fatigue quickly, headaches from overuse. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: neuropsychology tests during fMRI pinpoints damaged areas much much better than fMRI. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: no fMRI study has quantified what normal is. Also neuroplasticity! #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: typical scan lk CT & MRI won't tell you what you need to know to diagnose &/or treat #braininjury . #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: bone can conduct electricity. (My acupuncturist showed me this years ago. Weird MDs don't know this.) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Traumatic Brain Injuries and Motorcycle Accidents https://t.co/rU4zRId21T #HealingTheBrain #TBIs
— Renee Vinett (@rvinett) May 24, 2017
Doidge: The Listening Centre uses sound & way brainwaves reflect sound waves to chng effects of inflammation on circuits. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
This is the same principle as when use tDCS: while my brain being stimulated, talk to give conversation back. #HealingtheBrain #braininjury https://t.co/BL1QGiofuF
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: while Pons in mouth, do the task you want back, like balancing, doing cognitive task to give it back. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: tongue thingie is called the Pons. Feels like champagne bubbles. Goes to brain stem. Resyncs noisy circuits. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: neuromodulation like tongue thingie talks to brain in its own language of patterns. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: not often self-evident how severe the #braininjury – may look/function OK for an hour but inside not OK. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge : a lot of work went into determining sensations required to get tongue nerves to fire. NOT Electroshock. #TBI #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
This tongue thingie may have been able to help me w regaining balance after #eyesurgery ??? #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: tongue thing w 144 sensors tied to gyroscope integrates sensation for balance. Unmasks dormant pathways. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
I had that sensation one time only moment blood needle stuck in me after #eyesurgery. Guess who's not going to blood lab?! #HealingtheBrain https://t.co/Ygs6u67GNr
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: he asked this person if sensation of falling goes away when falls. No. Become suicidal. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: balance probs very common as get older. Tongue w 144 sensors tied to gyroscope. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: there are no images in brain, only patterns of firing info. Sense organs are data inputs. Transducers. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: in Alzheimer's is inflammation primary or secondary or both? If light cld help that, wld it be a cure? Don't kn. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: Ontario is important place to produce light equipment. (Who knew?! I've benefitted from this.) #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: still learning about light therapy dosages. About 2% get exacerbation of sensation sensitivity. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: noted person w #braininjury can better manage input from one sense by reducing input from another (yup earbuds ftw) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Packed house at #healingthebrain conference in #Toronto #hshevents #braininjury https://t.co/TUhQtTkAUT
— Howie, Sacks & Henry (@hshlawyers) May 24, 2017
Doidge: promotes growth of blood vessels, ⬇️ inflammation, ⬆️ production of DNA, needs particular light freq. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge. Dr Kahn notes power of light is not solution, subtlety is. (Yeah, why I prefer tDCS to rTMS.) #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: cool lasers heal brain. Photos get into brain directly thru skull and indirectly thru bloodstream. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge going to talk abt laser treatments I get by Kahn. I'm sure it's why my heart & puff power healing post #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: kids w CP don't have brain maps. But can subtly work on that to give some maps. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: 5. Neurodifferentiation. Stage of neuroplastic healing. Maps de-differentiate, lose fine detail. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: for person w #braininjury everything is novel & neurorelaxation seems to help. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: 2. Neurostimulation. 3. Neuromodulation. 4. Neurorelaxation. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: general cellular health could be compromised from poor heart health. So correct before give brain exer. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: began to classify neuroplastic interventions to see what they targetted. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: Stages of neuroplastic healing. 1. Correct general cellular health of neurons and glia. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Stupid autocorrect. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: stages is neuroplastic healing coming up. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: patterns are like musical piece & neurons are like orchestral players. So if 1 violinist sick, show can still go on #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: Lashley:learning & skills encoded in cumulative electrical wave patterns thatR result of all neurons firing tog. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: dynamic neuronal assemblies idea of Brain go against common modular belief of brain. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: dynamic neuronal assemblies. Constantly reorganizing selves in real time esp in conscious activity. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: vicious cycle of noisy brain and learned nonuse. #HealingtheBrain pic.twitter.com/uowQY6Omos
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Dr. Doidge: #neuroplastic treatments will not work for all. There is no one treatment for everyone. #abi #healingthebrain #hshevents pic.twitter.com/3yjm3K7cvx
— David J. Levy (@Davidlevylaw) May 24, 2017
Doidge: neurons are not on or off. They are ALWAYS firing. Chaotic firing exists in many brain issues eg Alzheimer's #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: common thinking that if stroke leads to 90% arm loss=90% dead neurons. Not true. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge. We have not thought a lot about dormancy. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: absence of movement LEADS TO low dopamine. Not only other way around. Learned nonuse. #Parkinsons #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Renowned Dr. Norman Doidge on #neuroplasticity: search/treat the part of the #brain not #injured #healingthebrain #hshevents #Abi
— Howie, Sacks & Henry (@hshlawyers) May 24, 2017
Doidge: when brain learns something doesn't work, it shuts it down.Learned nonuse. If can prevent tht, things still worked. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: "how's this friggin possible" for monkey to learn to use an arm whose nerves cut. Things we don't kn abt brain! #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: diaschisis. Person learns a circuit isn't working so brain learns not to use it. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: learned nonuse (read it as non-use). He said he sees it in ppl w #braininjury. Yeah, I get that. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: Learned nonuse Desynchronized. Brain always forming informing reforming circuits. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: 3 factors in brain that allow improvement. Neuroplastic change possible. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: transduction is essential to life as we know it. Our senses are transducers.These trmnts harness that. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: key concept. Mental exp & activity are thru sense organs->convert patterns of energy frm 1 form in2 spikes in brain #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: most noninvasive treatments involve (low levels) of energy. He'll talk abt these for #braininjury . #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: no psychiatric medication cures disease. Not case for psychotherapy. (What I always said meds are symptom mgrs) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Akin to gut's function is digestion. Huh, have we ever heard articulated what basic function is of brain? #HealingtheBrain #braininjury https://t.co/GsboeILq6p
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: neuroplasticity is basic function of brain of changing structure & function in response to mental exp & activity. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: neuroplasticity allows brain to change structure & function in response to mental experience. How brain evolved. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: 80-85% of cells in brain are glia not neurons. Oh, interesting. Need intellectual humility to underst #brainjury . #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: neurological nihilism comes from idea that brain is machine & unchanging. (Bad, bad belief for us w #brainjury) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: brain is like a biological computer is strongly believe tho we know brain is plastic. #BrainInjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
We're on to some history now of Brain from Descartes. Huh. I liked his ideas on the mind, didn't kn abt his brain ideas. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: great discoveries in neuropsychology are in individuals. (Not huge studies.) eg Phineas Gage. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: try to figure out area blocked in EACH patient w #braininjury so look at all avail evidence & put it tog. (Reason!) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge. Stats helpful when governed by REASON. cannot study figs and pomegranates & pretend all apples. #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: re studies. Remember each #braininjury different, each brain wires up differently. So how can hv 000s in studies? #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: Go back to 1st principles. stats not medicine.They're a tool to an end. When cutting edge not gonna be 000s studies #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: need a particular kind of scan to differentiate betw dead tissue and metabolically disturbed in #braininjury . #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: if tissue is dead, hyperbaric oxygen won't help but if metabolically disturbed can. Israel studies. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: not any one treatment for #braininjury is THE treatment. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Dr. Norman Doidge on #BrainInjury today. The leading cause of death in US. #healingthebrain #hshevents pic.twitter.com/bDjMsgDDDe
— David J. Levy (@Davidlevylaw) May 24, 2017
Doidge: common symptoms like fatigue headaches are final common pathways of the #braininjury not same injury. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: do not think what is the best intervention for #braininjury. Every injury is different. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: many ppl w ADD had #braininjury and biofeedback picks that up. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: some ppl get better for a bit then worse. Maybe #braininjury (ppl yakking next to me so lost that) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: still case no effective treatments of injured brain. Meds often make traumatic #braininjury woree. (Oh yeah!) #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: what is mild #braininjury ? It's mild compared to needing 24-hour care. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: #braininjury unlike a lot other health probs.We kn what causes it: injury.Yet lil thinking on why some get better #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Renee Vinett addressing a full house at today's Conference on Neuroplasticity #HealingTheBrain #HSHEvents pic.twitter.com/ySYn3mIxs2
— Valérie Lord (@ValerieLord_Law) May 24, 2017
Doidge: if the Brain healed itself, ppl wldnt be walking around w terrible injuries or Parkinson's. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: more available than we are aware of. #braininjury #treatment #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Doidge: Never been a meeting like this: mental health, surivors, medical, insurance, legal system together. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
Here we go. De Doidge is the keynote speaker. #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
It will be a great day of learning about #neuroplasticity #healingthebrain #hshevents pic.twitter.com/rj3dbzXKzd
— David J. Levy (@Davidlevylaw) May 24, 2017
Ppl watching while we wait. Fascinating! #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
The lighting in here is not playing nice with my eyes. Yikes! Brain: adjust! #eyesurgery #braininjury #HealingtheBrain
— Shireen Jeejeebhoy (@ShireenJ) May 24, 2017
.@ShireenJ great question! We're using the following hashtags for tomorrow's Neuroplasticity conference: #HealingTheBrain #HSHEvents https://t.co/L3UarHNqrl
— Howie, Sacks & Henry (@hshlawyers) May 23, 2017
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