When people think of childhood trauma therapy the usually conjure up the image of the psychiatrist with the watch pulling out some repressed memory using hypnosis. While hypnosis is used in childhood trauma therapy, this image is not a true representation of what it all about. For the most part the idea of [...]

Heart trauma is a very serious injury and can result in years of trauma therapy to completely repair. Trauma to the heart is one of the most serious injuries that can be seen because the heart is pivotal to human survival. Blunt injury to the aorta that actually causes the heart to tear is probably [...]

Chest trauma causes a great deal of death in the United States every year. Blunt injury to the chest is the most common chest trauma, and this blunt injury can affect some or all of the chest wall and thoracic cavity (although thoracic trauma is slightly different). The components that can be injured are the [...]

Thoracic trauma in children is synonymous with multi systemic injuries. These injuries are found in more than half of children that have thoracic traumas. This is mainly due to the fact that about ninety percent of thoracic injuries found in children are blunt injuries. This includes those injuries caused by pedestrian and motor vehicle accidents. [...]

Trauma to the chest wall is very common in the event of blunt trauma. It can vary in severity from simply minor bruising to a single rib fracture to even severe crush injuries of both rib cages. The more severe the injury, the more critical it is. Severe chest wall trauma can lead to a [...]