— BRAIN INJURY

Brain Injury Rehabilitation Near Twin Cities, MN

Functional Neurology Brain Injury Recovery in Edina, MN

Recovering from a traumatic brain injury is one of the most challenging journeys a person can face. Standard rehabilitation often plateaus — leaving patients with persistent cognitive, physical, and emotional symptoms that standard care says are just “part of recovery.” Functional neurology offers a different path.

— OBJECTIVE EVALUATION

What We Test & Measure

Before recommending any treatment, we conduct a comprehensive objective evaluation specific to brain injury. Every test is chosen because it measures something relevant to your symptoms.

  • Balance and inner ear (VNG): how your balance system recovered
  • Eye movement: how well your eyes track and focus
  • Autonomic function: heart rate and blood pressure regulation
  • Cognitive-motor function: how thinking and movement work together
— THE GAP IN STANDARD CARE

What Standard Care Misses

Standard medical care is excellent at ruling out catastrophic disease. But it often misses the functional neurological causes of persistent symptoms. Here’s what we find that others don’t:

  • Lingering balance deficits
  • Eye movement deficits that make daily tasks harder
  • Autonomic instability
  • Cognitive-motor deficits that scans do not show

TBI 2016. It was a slow hell and being stuck at home and unable to manage symptoms. After years of digging to get help I finally found Dr Maesaka and Dr Hennes… Life changing and I can live again… Im back to those activities and can actually go enjoy dinner with friends after work.

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— THE TNC METHOD

Our Approach to Brain Injury

Brain injury recovery at TNC is guided entirely by objective findings. We evaluate every neurological system affected by the injury — vestibular, oculomotor, autonomic, cognitive-motor — and build a rehabilitation program that targets the specific deficits we identify. We leverage the brain’s neuroplasticity to drive recovery beyond what standard rehabilitation achieves.

— FREE BRAIN INJURY QUIZ

Take the free brain injury recovery quiz. It only takes a couple of minutes. Bring your results to your free consultation and we’ll go over them with you.

Not a diagnosis. This self-assessment is educational and helps identify patterns worth discussing with our team. It does not replace a clinical evaluation.

Ready to Find Answers for Your Brain Injury?

Book a free 30-minute consultation. We’ll listen to your history and tell you honestly whether we think we can help.

— COMMON QUESTIONS

Frequently Asked Questions

The brain retains neuroplasticity throughout life. We have helped patients years and even decades after their initial injury. The key is identifying what neurological deficits are still present and applying targeted rehabilitation.
Concussion is a mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI). TBI encompasses a spectrum of severity. Our approach is appropriate for all levels of TBI, with evaluation and treatment tailored to the specific neurological findings.
Yes. Cognitive symptoms after brain injury — brain fog, memory difficulty, processing speed — often have measurable neurological causes. Oculomotor rehabilitation, vestibular therapy, and autonomic regulation can significantly improve cognitive function.
Yes. Many of our brain injury patients travel from out of state for intensive treatment programs. These programs allow us to make significant neurological progress in a concentrated period.
Standard OT and PT focus on functional compensation. Functional neurology focuses on rehabilitating the neurological systems themselves — improving how the brain processes information, not just how the body compensates for deficits.