Yearly Archives: 2006
ASSISTED COUGH
(Quad Cough)
By having someone assist you in coughing, your cough will be more forceful and productive and you will be able...
POSTURAL DRAINAGE
To drain the middle and lower portions of your lungs, you should be positioned with your chest above your head. Possible techniques to achieve...
TRACHEOTOMY CARE
Caring for your Tracheotomy
Preventing Water from Entering Tracheotomy - Following are some of the ways you can prevent water from entering your tracheotomy:
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ERECTIONS
A male with SCI may, or may not, be able to achieve erection. The level, severity, time elapsed, and...
EJACULATION, ORGASM, AND COITUS
Ejaculation is a Motor function which cannot take place if the particular nerves and parts of the spinal cord...
SEXUAL DRIVE AND ACTIVITY
Although spinal cord injured men may lose the ability to maintain erection, ejaculate, or experience orgasm, their sex drive...
ORGASM
A woman with SCI, like men with similar injuries, can achieve normal orgasm if there is some residual pelvic innervation, though...
FERTILITY, CHILDBIRTH, AND CONTRACEPTION
Women with Paraplegia or Quadriplegia and of childbearing age usually regain menses; nearly 50% do not miss a single...
SEXUAL BEHAVIOR AND ACTIVITY
Sexual expression in the SCI female is generally less affected in sexual function, than the male, because it is...
THE PATIENT
Patients consistently report that it helps to talk about their feelings. If you talk to the members of your...
