Chemo Brain Treatment: What It Is & How to Recover | CFX
Key Takeaways
Published peer-reviewed research shows that Cognitive FX treatment leads to meaningful symptom reduction in post-concussion symptoms for 77% of study participants. Cognitive FX is the only PCS clinic with third-party validated treatment outcomes.
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Our functional NeuroCognitive Imaging (fNCI) scan reveals exactly how your brain is functioning compared to healthy individuals, guiding a personalized treatment plan.
Your fNCI scan measures brain function using z-scores, which show how far your results deviate from healthy individuals. A z-score of 0 means average function. Scores between -1 and +1 are considered within normal range. Scores beyond ±2 indicate significant deviation that may be causing your symptoms.
Your symptoms aren't "in your head." They're measurable, biological responses to specific brain regions working incorrectly. Here's the connection between what you experience and what your scan reveals.
Your visual processing regions are working 3x harder than normal person brain to interpret what you see. This metabolic overdrive can create inflammation, metabolic byproducts and pressure, triggering headaches that radiate from behind the eyes.
Your brain is flooding the language comprehension zone with excess blood flow, so it can try to accomplish the tasks demanded. Simple tasks drain your cognitive battery because less efficient brain regions are doing the work of efficient ones.
The brain region responsible for reasoning, planning, and sustained attention is dysregulated. It is trying to focus while other regions are going full speed ahead. Your attention system can't filter all the other hyperactivity going on and is utilizing to many resources trying.
Your thalamus is your brain's sensory gateway that should "dim the lights" at night. When it's hyperactive, sensory signals keep firing instead of quieting down, making it impossible to transition into restful sleep.
This region controls your reward/punishment response and impulse regulation. When it's overworking, minor frustrations register as major threats. You're not "being difficult." Your brain's emotional thermostat is miscalibrated.
Based on the scan findings, our multi-disciplinary team creates a customized EPIC treatment protocol targeting your specific areas of dysfunction.
Take the first step toward understanding and treating your brain injury with our advanced fNCI technology.
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Dr. Lynn Gaufin graduated from the University of Utah and then attended medical school at Cornell University in New York City. After medical school he join the Army and was a surgeon in the military before finishing his Neurological Residency at University of California Los Angeles. Dr. Gaufin specializes in cervical and lumbar spine surgery, brain tumors, brain hemorrhages, and treatment of traumatic brain injuries. Dr. Gaufin is one of the emergency trauma neurosurgeons on call at Utah Valley Hospital. Before he began his practice in Utah he saw a significant amount of traumatic brain injuries during his career in the Army and his residency in Los Angeles. As a surgeon who treats individuals who suffer from mild to severe traumatic brain injuries he recognized a problem in the post operative rehabilitation. Individuals who suffered severe trauma would be admitted into speciality facilities where they would receive months of care. But patients who had a more mild trauma would be released and would largely be on their own when it came to restoring their cognitive function. That problem is what lead Dr. Gaufin to team up with Dr. Fong and Dr. Allen in the creation of Cognitive FX. Cognitive FX was able to take the research that Dr. Fong and Dr. Allen started in their Phd programs and bring it into the clinical environment.
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Published peer-reviewed research shows that Cognitive FX treatment leads to meaningful symptom reduction in post-concussion symptoms for 77% of study participants. Cognitive FX is the only PCS clinic with third-party validated treatment outcomes.
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