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Enhancing Your Recovery with Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Motor vehicle collisions can have a profound impact on a person’s body and mind, often leaving behind lasting physical and emotional scars. Whether it’s broken bones, soft tissue injuries, concussions, or post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), recovery can be...
The Vital Role of Social Work in Recovery
Recovering from a motor vehicle collision (MVC) involves more than physical rehabilitation. — it often requires emotional and social support to rebuild one’s life. Social work services play an essential role in helping you, your family and your professional teams...
From a Student in Journalism to a Life Rewritten by Distracted Driving
It was a sunny yet brisk day in February of 2008. I was a student returning back to Auburn University after a brief time spent home with a friend of mine. I had just eaten lunch with my family, waved them good-bye and started back towards campus. At Auburn, I was a...
The Power of Connection: Healing Through Shared Experiences
At the Crash Support Network, one of the most powerful aspects of our commitment and dedication is connecting with crash survivors. Each individual brings a unique story of resilience, determination, and, often, profound recovery. Meeting these brave...
Why I Chose to Embrace My Middle Name
When I founded an organization dedicated to helping individuals injured in motor vehicle crashes, I faced countless decisions. One of the more personal choices I made was to operate under my middle name. While it might seem like a small detail, this decision...
Carrying Hannah’s Loving Legacy
The Day That Changed Our Life Forever On 15 March 2013 at 5:45 pm, our entire world shattered into a million pieces. Everything that felt safe, comfortable, normal, disintegrated into dust. You see, our precious daughter Hannah Jean was killed instantly in a horrific...
New Resource Alert: Easy Downloadable Forms To Help Your Recovery
Introducing Our New Crash Toolkits At the Crash Support Network, we are dedicated to supporting motor vehicle crash victims throughout their recovery journey. We understand that navigating the aftermath of a crash can be challenging and to help make this...
Good Grief It’s Not Easy
When you hear that someone is grieving, you typically envision them as sad, crying, or in other ways somehow trying to deal with a loss. But grief actually has a wider array of symptoms, and ones you may never have associated with. Now I should say, I am not a grief...
Pledge To Drive Safely and Make a Difference
At the Crash Support Network, we are committed and dedicated to supporting individuals who have been affected by motor vehicle crashes. We personally understand the devastating impact that these incidents can have on victims and their families. That’s why we...
Let’s Call It What It Is: A Crash – Not an Accident
Words shape our understanding and perception of events. For a crash survivor that is recovering, the choice between "accident" and "crash" can be significant. “Accident” tends to imply that no one is at fault — and when it’s used in the context of a traffic crash, it...
Brain or Shine – The Day our Lives Changed Forever
In 2012, life was great. I was a freelance motivational speaker, travelling all over the country and working with teenagers in schools. It was such a buzz. We loved travel and my wife, Jules and I, were enjoying a cheeky week away on the beautiful island of...
Musician Picks Up Pieces of Her Life After Tour Van Crash
How I Survived Surviving - One Musician’s Journey to Recovery I’m no stranger to plans completely derailing. Just two nights before the accident our converted van was practically swallowed by thick mud in Las Vegas, New Mexico, forcing us to stay awake until 3...
From Award-Winning Journalist to Victim of a Drunk Driver
Why You Shouldn’t Say These Phrases to Someone Who’s Grieving When I was hit head-on by a drunk driver in May 2021, the immediate recovery was undeniably the most difficult time of my life. The day before my crash, I was a healthy 22-year-old attending an...
What is a Rehabilitation Support Worker?
What is a Rehabilitation Support Worker (RSW)? In the community, there are a number of titles our role has been given depending on how individual firms refer to the discipline. These include Rehabilitation Therapists, Rehabilitation Assistants and Rehabilitation...
A Day at the Beach
You know when you are at the beach, you are looking for shells, and sometimes in the tall grasses you find rocks to turn over to see what’s underneath? On occasion, and with a gasp, you find you have surprised a group of ugly bugs who quickly race out of sight? The...
Navigating Farewell to a Treatment Provider
In the aftermath of a motor vehicle crash or any traumatic event, each treatment provider that you see often becomes more than just a medical professional—they become pillars of support and beacons of hope during a challenging journey towards our recovery. ...
Reckless Driving Survivor is Available to Come Speak at Your School
Reckless driving is a dangerous behaviour on the road that significantly elevates the risk of crashes, injuries, and fatalities. Alana McGuire is an experienced school speaker who addresses the dangers of reckless driving to young students and new drivers which is...
Navigating the Twists and Turns During Recovery
In an instant, life as you know it can be thrown into chaos. One moment, you're on a familiar road, your mind on your destination, or perhaps wandering through the day's events. The next, you're thrust into a reality you never anticipated—one where you are recovering...
Caregiving and Traumatic Brain Injury
9 ways to tell that I am a caregiver: I do not send out greeting cards anymore; I am making friends with the homeless guy outside the grocery store where I shop for my elderly parents; My regular hair and makeup style is: ponytail, and none; I know more pharmacists,...
How Speeding Leads to Avoidable Accidents
The Need for Speed: How Speeding Leads to Avoidable Accidents In the hustle and bustle of our fast-paced lives, we often find ourselves rushing from one place to another. Whether it's commuting to work, running errands, or embarking on a road trip, the temptation to...
Saying Farewell to Your Personal Injury Lawyer
As the dust settles on your personal injury case and a final settlement is reached, it's often a moment of mixed emotions for us. Feelings of relief, gratitude, and closure with a tinge of sadness as we bid farewell to our legal advocate – our personal injury lawyer....
Crash Survivor Finds Healing in Poetry
Poetry For Healing: Making Sense of a New World May 22nd, 2020 was not a typical day. I was starting work late due to a routine doctors appointment and a post-op pet rabbit. I would end it in a hospital bed, with strict instructions not to move in case I...
Breaking Up is Hard To Do
You can start to sense when a relationship has run its course. Maybe your appointments are feeling rushed. Maybe you aren’t feeling heard or understood, or maybe you no longer feel comfortable with the approach and the care that you are receiving. Switching treatment...
Faced With a Fork in the Road After a Crash
A motor vehicle crash can be metaphorically explained as a "fork in the road" due to the critical decisions crash survivors must make in the aftermath of the crash. This unexpected turn forces us to make important choices that redefine our journey that significantly...