Concussion Changes Woman's Entire Personality (KVUE)
May 23, 2017- Jay Wallis, KVUE News Austin, Texas
May 23, 2017- Jay Wallis, KVUE News Austin, Texas
Two Concussion Survivors Launch New Site to Help Others Recovering from Concussion
Austin, TX, April 20, 2017 – Every 6 seconds, someone in the world experiences a concussion. According to the Center for Disease Control, more than 5.3 million people are living with traumatic brain injuries in the United States today. By 2020, the World Health Organization projects that traumatic brain injury will be the largest epidemic facing the globe. This “invisible epidemic” is what inspired two concussion survivors to take action by creating a brain-friendly website to help other concussion survivors.
Austin businesswoman, Lisa Webb, suffered a concussion in 2015. Ms. Webb hired Alisha Ball to assist her during her recovery time. A year later, Ms. Ball joined Ms. Webb’s company, Webb Consulting, and now the two are on a mission to help survivors.
ConcussionSurvival.com, a brain and user-friendly site, was created “by survivors for survivors” to provide information on how to navigate life after a concussion. In addition, the site educates family and friends about the concussion healing process and offers a toolkit to assist survivors through recovery.
Ms. Webb sustained her concussion from a fall. While reading a list of Ms. Webb’s symptoms, Ms. Ball realized that she, too, had a concussion and had been misdiagnosed years earlier following a car accident. The most common causes of concussion are falls and car accidents.
The founders are a millennial (Ball) and a baby boomer (Webb) who both experienced the trauma of concussion firsthand. After struggling to find resources to combat the condition, they created their own guide for recovery.
“We needed answers and we just weren’t finding the right resources. After visiting doctor after doctor, doing online searches and asking for referrals we started thinking, ‘if we are having this much difficulty finding help, imagine how many others need the same information we do!’” says Ball.
That’s when they decided to create their Concussion Toolkit to survive the healing process. Now the duo is paying it forward with their site, ConcussionSurvival.com.
“We recognize that the experience of concussion provides a changed life due to a changed brain,” says Webb.
For more information, please visit http://www.ConcussionSurvival.com/.
Austin businesswoman, Lisa Webb, suffered a concussion in 2015. Ms. Webb hired Alisha Ball to assist her during her recovery time. A year later, Ms. Ball joined Ms. Webb’s company, Webb Consulting, and now the two are on a mission to help survivors.
ConcussionSurvival.com, a brain and user-friendly site, was created “by survivors for survivors” to provide information on how to navigate life after a concussion. In addition, the site educates family and friends about the concussion healing process and offers a toolkit to assist survivors through recovery.
Ms. Webb sustained her concussion from a fall. While reading a list of Ms. Webb’s symptoms, Ms. Ball realized that she, too, had a concussion and had been misdiagnosed years earlier following a car accident. The most common causes of concussion are falls and car accidents.
The founders are a millennial (Ball) and a baby boomer (Webb) who both experienced the trauma of concussion firsthand. After struggling to find resources to combat the condition, they created their own guide for recovery.
“We needed answers and we just weren’t finding the right resources. After visiting doctor after doctor, doing online searches and asking for referrals we started thinking, ‘if we are having this much difficulty finding help, imagine how many others need the same information we do!’” says Ball.
That’s when they decided to create their Concussion Toolkit to survive the healing process. Now the duo is paying it forward with their site, ConcussionSurvival.com.
“We recognize that the experience of concussion provides a changed life due to a changed brain,” says Webb.
For more information, please visit http://www.ConcussionSurvival.com/.