Yearly Archives: 2006
Garden Therapy
Planting the seeds of success
Recovering from a stroke or a spinal cord injury takes time, patience, and a lot of hard work. But some...
Improving Recovery from Spinal Cord Injuries: New $3.7 Million Grant Will Create Comprehensive Rehabilitation...
Georgetown To House One of Only Six Similar NIH-Funded Programs in the Country
March 6, 2006, Washington, DC — Each year, nearly 11,000 Americans suffer...
As new budget is considered, fight is on for federal funding
WASHINGTON - The Christopher and Dana Reeve Paralysis Resource Center in Short Hills, N.J., is mobilizing a big political effort to fight President Bush's...
Jesse’s Story on Tour – Overcoming Adversity
Surfersvillage Global Surf News, 3 March, 2006 : - - For the past 10 years, Jesse’s entry into the world of public speaking came...
Colin Javens Spinal Injury Trust
Colin Javens, paralysed from shoulders down in an accident in 2000, used a tiny movement in one wrist to drive again and...
TRANSLATIONAL PAIN RESEARCH
Pain Following Spinal Cord Injury:
Almost every patient that suffers from a spinal cord injury suffers from pain. With each person, the pain varies in...
City Theatre casts actor who uses wheelchair in role of disabled character
Breaking Down Barriers
When handsome, California-blond Tobias Forrest steers his wheelchair onto the stage of City's Theatre's Lester Hamburg Studio for this week's opening of...
Finding may lead to new therapy for nervous system disorders
Stem cells obtained from adult nasal passages can be transformed into nerve cells that restore mobility and function to rats with spinal cord injuries,...
SCI Prevention is Crucial to Decreasing the Impact on Individuals and Society
Newswise — According to the American Association of Neurological Surgeons (AANS), an estimated 250,000 to 450,000 people in the United States are living with...
Rehab Methods Equally Good at Restoring Walking Ability
LOS ANGELES, Feb. 28 - When getting patients with incomplete spinal cord injuries back on their feet and walking, either of two rehab approaches...
