I have a sneaking suspicion that my rehabilitation and 'recovery' from my brain injury shaped my attitude more than the other way around. Now I have an equally strong notion that my attitude will shape my experience with cancer (Summer 2017) - once this wound on my abdomen heals and I start chemo. What I mean ...

It's been an interesting one! As I wrote about in Experiences: Cancer, my summer started with a rude awakening. On June 19, after a colonoscopy and a CT scan, I was diagnosed with colon cancer. Likely due to my inherited Lynch Syndrome, this cancer was aggressive, and, although I was walking up and down steep hills ...

The main point I want to make here is that brain injury awareness is very important, and now is a great time - as good a time as any - to get involved in brain injury education, research, awareness, #BIAM17. As much as I read and hear about amazing research, and impressive developments in brain ...

This post was written by Lauren Ziaks, DPT, ATC, on February 11, 2017 after attending the UCLA Sport-Related Concussion Conference in January, 2017. This type of information and more will be available once the all new Phoenix Concussion website launches Summer 2017! Lauren and Melinda will soon be doing their own, Phoenix Concussion Podcast, which will ...

June is Brain Injury Awareness Month in Canada (#BIAM17)! You can help promote brain injury awareness in many different ways, including by supporting Brain Injury Canada, and your local or provincial brain injury association, such as the NLBIA (Newfoundland and Labrador Brain Injury Association) and our LoveYourBrain - inspired yoga classes throughout the month! For the past ...

DPT Lauren Ziaks was on epsiode 20 of Concussion Talk Podcast and now it's on Concussion Talk Podcast YouTube Channel. Lauren's new website, Phoenix Concussion, will soon be up and running. Phase 2 is their Return to Life and Sport Exercise Program, and they continue to fundraise for their Concussion App! Lauren and Phoenix Concussion will be doing ...

This is Concussion Talk Podcast YouTube Channel This time the three podcasts talk about brain injury, concussion, CTE, research at three Toronto Hospitals: UHN (University Health Network, Toronto Western, Krembil Neuroscience Centre, Canadian Concussion Centre) Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital - Concussion Centre Sunnybrook Research Institute Excellent research is being done at these three hospitals is talked about on: Episode 26 ...

This is Concussion Talk Podcast YouTube Channel. I started it when I started doing my podcasts in 2015, but I've been having trouble getting the sound and picture to work on my computer, so I haven't been uploading any YouTube versions of my podcast lately. I've figured that out, so I will be putting YouTube podcasts out. ...

On episode 26 of Concussion Talk Podcast I talk to Dr. Carmela Tartaglia. A concussion researcher and neurologist at the Krembil Neuroscience Centre's Memory Clinic in Toronto, in July 2016, Dr. Tartaglia was awarded the Marion and Gerald Soloway Professorship in Brain Injury and Concussion Research, a joint appointment between the University Health Network (UHN) and ...

Many thanks to the Rotary Club of Waterford Valley! After speaking, I was asked engaging questions about brain injury, my experience, and my thoughts about brain injury/concussion in sport. The kind words after I finished speaking also encourage me to keep speaking about brain injury! I spoke about; my brain injury, including the cycling accident, my ...