COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo.--(Business Wire)--People struggling to recover from brain injuries are finding a
surprising source of help: brain-training company LearningRx, which
specializes in helping kids overcome learning problems.
"Our cognitive skills training program can help anyone get a
better brain permanently," says Tanya Mitchell, vice president of
research and development for LearningRx. "We've helped kids break down
barriers caused by things like dyslexia and ADHD, so we're not at all
surprised it's getting such great results for people with
long-standing problems linked to traumatic brain injury."
Most LearningRx clients are kids with learning problems.
LearningRx unveils the weak cognitive skills holding them back, then
uses intense, one-on-one training to quickly build up those weak
areas, and eliminate or greatly reduce the struggles.
The same methodology is working for people with TBIs, because they
often suffer a drastic drop in cognitive skills. Those newly weakened
mental skills can often be linked to many of these common debilitating
symptoms of TBI:
-- Poor memory or memory loss
-- Poor concentration and lack of focus
-- Inability to perform sequential tasks
-- Difficulty organizing thoughts
-- Poor problem-solving, decision-making and planning skills
-- Poor comprehension
LearningRx is the missing piece to full recovery, according to
54-year-old Rebecca Ratliff who had given up hope she would ever
regain the abilities she had before her TBI seven years ago. "After
nine-months of treatment and therapy, the doctors told me there was
nothing more I could do," says the internet marketing expert. "I have
much better focus, and my retention is higher, and it's easier for me
to go into my brain and pull things out than it was in the past."
The number of people who might benefit from this type of training
is staggering. According to the Centers for Disease Control:
-- 1.4 million people sustain a TBI each year in the United
States
-- About 75-percent of those injuries are minor concussions, but
many have much more damaging consequences
-- At least 5.3 million Americans currently have a long-term need
for help to perform activities of daily living because of TBI
LearningRx
Tanya Mitchell, 719-264-8808
Tanya@LearningRx.com
Copyright Business Wire 2008
