Additional Information

Home Treatments:

Initial evaluation of a head neck trauma involving a helmet involves checking if the victim is conscious, and can feel their limbs. If the victim is conscious and can feel and move their body and limb, the face mask can be slowly removed, and the helmet may be removed to treat any bruising, swelling, cuts and bleeding.

Professional Medical Treatments:

Professional medical attention should be sought for victims who are unconscious or cannot feel their limbs after an impact. The helmet should not be initially removed, and the person should not be moved due to the chance of spinal cord damage. If the helmet is properly removed, the head will be braced or maintained in an inline immobilized position by a rescuer.

Physical Therapy and Exercises:

Physical therapy recovery will be dependent on the severity of the neck or head trauma. If it is an acute blow that has not caused considerable injury, no physical therapy may be needed. Trauma that affects the spinal cord or brain may require extensive physical therapy involving the recovery and practice of basic motor skills such as fine hand motor control and assisted walking.

Exercise Techniques to Prevent Injury:

Because head and neck trauma that involves a helmet occurs from a blunt traumatic impact, there are no particular exercise techniques to prevent this injury. Maintaining trapezius strength by doing rowing exercises and shrugs with weights may slightly reduce the risk or severity of such an injury. Play best friv games.