Brandy Lang - Finding Your Way Back after a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Part 1
09/20/22 • 51 min
Brandy Lang worked as a morse code operator and then as a C-130 loadmaster while serving in the U.S. Air Force. Her first experience with concussion aftercare was in basic training while performing maneuvers on the obstacle course when she was unintentionally kicked in the head by another service member. Brandy fell from the obstacle into a deep pool of water hitting the back of her head on the platform on the way down. The head trauma left her shocked, confused, and unable to swim to the top until the safety quickly jumped in to assist her out of the water.
In the aftermath, Brandy found, for a while, that she couldn’t understand what people were saying around her and experienced a great deal of lethargy, dizziness, and headaches. On several occasions, she nearly fell asleep while running in formation! Unfortunately, the VA medical doctor didn’t know at the time how to help her get rid of her symptoms so she thought she was just going to feel this way the rest of her life. Luckily, that’s not the reality of mild traumatic brain injuries aka concussions. Brandy has always been interested in exercise and overall fitness, which is, in part what helped her recover from her TBI’s, she just didn’t know it then.
After the military, she returned to school, receiving a bachelor’s degree in Biology from UNC Charlotte, and then attended Winston Salem State University for her master’s degree in Physical Therapy. Brandy is a certified personal trainer with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, an expert Myofascial Release Therapist, certified in dry needling with the American Academy of Manipulative Therapy, and has continued education in applied nutrition for the last nine years. After rehabilitating herself from five concussions, the last one in 2017, her mission is to provide the most comprehensive immersive virtual rehab program for the brain and body for veterans, non-veterans, and first responders. She feels blessed to have met her husband while they were both serving in the military and together, they have an amazing son. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking with her family, playing baseball with her son, and woodworking.
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Brandy Lang worked as a morse code operator and then as a C-130 loadmaster while serving in the U.S. Air Force. Her first experience with concussion aftercare was in basic training while performing maneuvers on the obstacle course when she was unintentionally kicked in the head by another service member. Brandy fell from the obstacle into a deep pool of water hitting the back of her head on the platform on the way down. The head trauma left her shocked, confused, and unable to swim to the top until the safety quickly jumped in to assist her out of the water.
In the aftermath, Brandy found, for a while, that she couldn’t understand what people were saying around her and experienced a great deal of lethargy, dizziness, and headaches. On several occasions, she nearly fell asleep while running in formation! Unfortunately, the VA medical doctor didn’t know at the time how to help her get rid of her symptoms so she thought she was just going to feel this way the rest of her life. Luckily, that’s not the reality of mild traumatic brain injuries aka concussions. Brandy has always been interested in exercise and overall fitness, which is, in part what helped her recover from her TBI’s, she just didn’t know it then.
After the military, she returned to school, receiving a bachelor’s degree in Biology from UNC Charlotte, and then attended Winston Salem State University for her master’s degree in Physical Therapy. Brandy is a certified personal trainer with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, an expert Myofascial Release Therapist, certified in dry needling with the American Academy of Manipulative Therapy, and has continued education in applied nutrition for the last nine years. After rehabilitating herself from five concussions, the last one in 2017, her mission is to provide the most comprehensive immersive virtual rehab program for the brain and body for veterans, non-veterans, and first responders. She feels blessed to have met her husband while they were both serving in the military and together, they have an amazing son. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking with her family, playing baseball with her son, and woodworking.
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Brandy Lang - Finding Your Way Back after a Traumatic Brain Injury (TBI) Part 1 & 2
Brandy Lang worked as a morse code operator and then as a C-130 loadmaster while serving in the U.S. Air Force. Her first experience with concussion aftercare was in basic training while performing maneuvers on the obstacle course when she was unintentionally kicked in the head by another service member. Brandy fell from the obstacle into a deep pool of water hitting the back of her head on the platform on the way down. The head trauma left her shocked, confused, and unable to swim to the top until the safety quickly jumped in to assist her out of the water.
In the aftermath, Brandy found, for a while, that she couldn’t understand what people were saying around her and experienced a great deal of lethargy, dizziness, and headaches. On several occasions, she nearly fell asleep while running in formation! Unfortunately, the VA medical doctor didn’t know at the time how to help her get rid of her symptoms so she thought she was just going to feel this way the rest of her life. Luckily, that’s not the reality of mild traumatic brain injuries aka concussions. Brandy has always been interested in exercise and overall fitness, which is, in part what helped her recover from her TBI’s, she just didn’t know it then.
After the military, she returned to school, receiving a bachelor’s degree in Biology from UNC Charlotte, and then attended Winston Salem State University for her master’s degree in Physical Therapy. Brandy is a certified personal trainer with the National Academy of Sports Medicine, an expert Myofascial Release Therapist, certified in dry needling with the American Academy of Manipulative Therapy, and has continued education in applied nutrition for the last nine years. After rehabilitating herself from five concussions, the last one in 2017, her mission is to provide the most comprehensive immersive virtual rehab program for the brain and body for veterans, non-veterans, and first responders. She feels blessed to have met her husband while they were both serving in the military and together, they have an amazing son. In her spare time, she enjoys hiking with her family, playing baseball with her son, and woodworking.
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