Yearly Archives: 2013
Big Hand For A Big Ride
A team of tetraplegics epic hand-cycle quest to the roof of the world and back is due to be completed today.
The team of cyclists,...
Spinal injury did not stop fitness passion
A fitness fanatic confined to a wheelchair "wanted to inspire people with disabilities"
A FORMER City worker from Cobham confined to a wheelchair after a...
Wheelchair user Tony Stephenson explains about his life in the aftermath of contracting TB...
Tony Stephenson became a wheelchair user at the age of 25 after contracting TB meningitis. He tells Health Correspondent Julia McWatt how he’s using...
Vic surgery hope for quadriplegics
A hasty beach dive on Australia Day last year left Jim Anderson a quadriplegic.
"I didn't do a very good shallow dive. Went in too...
Irreversible tissue loss can occur quickly after spinal cord injury
Degenerative tissue loss resulting from a spinal cord injury was shown to develop in the spinal cord and brain as early as 40 days...
Technology, trends, and the future for people with spinal cord injury
Technology is one of the most powerful tools that can be provided to people with spinal cord injuries (SCI). It is widely accepted among...
Jesse Billauer: Happiness Interview
You’re 17, and the most pressing concerns in your life are binge-drinking, prom, and being your parents’ worst nightmare. The so-called “real world” is...
New technology has paralyzed monkey’s walking
http://youtu.be/ke0R0vzmdf4
Could a cure for paralysis be in the near future? Invivo Therapeutics shows technology minimizing tissue damage after a spinal cord injury, improving the...
Cleveland researchers restore bladder control in rats with spinal cord injuries
CLEVELAND, Ohio — More than being able to bend their knees or wiggle their toes again, paralyzed people long to be able to use...
Girl Paralyzed In Crash Re-learns To Dance
Star, Idaho -- Just months after a violent crash left 12-year-old Meghan Wildman paralyzed from the waist down, she is proving that you don't...
