SpinalMap eBook

SpinalMap: An Essential Read for Partners, Friends, Colleagues and Care Givers of SCI patients. SpinalMap, has been described by a rehab professional as an “essential...

How To: Transfer from Floor to Chair

http://youtu.be/IZUseV-ODFY?list=RD3XIrgEj2VRA "Wheelchair-bound" is one of Mary Allison's least favorite words. No one should feel stuck to his or her wheelchair. Transferring out of your wheelchair is...

Spinal Cord Injuries in Young People

Spinal cord injuries often involve young people but few teens and college students understand the potentially life threatening risks that come with playing many...

Spinal Cord – External Anatomy – 3D Anatomy Tutorial

3D anatomy tutorial on the external anatomy of the spinal cord using the BioDigital Human. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xXWsQrl1N7s Structures discussed in this video include: - vertebral column - intervertebral foramina -...

BOOK: “My Last Step Backward”

Crowned Ms. Wheelchair USA 2012 and winner of the National Rehabilitation Champion award, Tasha Schuh continues to travel and share her story of resilience...

Two-way traffic in the spinal cord

The progress a baby makes in the first year of life is amazing: a newborn can only wave its arms and legs about randomly,...

Saving Children’s Spines

(NAPSI)—While between 1,500 to 2,000 children and adolescents sustain spinal cord injuries every year, you can help keep your kids out of such statistics. The...

Reconciling Life and Quadriplegia

Healthcare providers tend to think paralyzed people have a very low quality of life. Actual spinal cord injury survivors tend to feel differently. Earlier this...

Spinal cord injury: as many as 500,000 people suffer each year

As many as 500,000 people suffer a spinal cord injury each year. People with spinal cord injuries are 2 to 5 times more likely...

10 Things You Shouldn’t Say to Someone Who Uses a Wheelchair

I’ve heard some pretty crazy things come out of people’s mouths in my few short years as a wheelchair user. Most people definitely mean...