Yearly Archives: 2022
Maintaining Your Health After A Spinal Cord Injury
Maintaining your health post-injury can be challenging. United Spinal Association is here to provide you with the information and resources you need to make...
180 Medical Announces Celebrating 20th Anniversary as a Company
180 Medical, a leading nationwide supplier of home-delivered catheters and ostomy supplies is celebrating its 20th corporate anniversary on August 27th, 2022.
On August 27th,...
IndyCar racer Sam Schmidt was left paralyzed following an accident in 2000. Now, he’s...
Since he was a child, Sam Schmidt had dreamt of racing at the Indianapolis 500.
In 1997, that dream became a reality, as Schmidt made...
Botox Treatment for Spasticity
The benefits go beyond cosmetic enhancements
If you’re living with multiple sclerosis (MS), cerebral palsy or another neurological condition, you may already be well familiar...
SCI Neurostimulation Research at Shirley Ryan AbilityLab
Research led by Monica Perez, PhD, uses a noninvasive neurostimulation treatment to target synaptic connections in the spinal cord. In the process, it improves...
Scientists develop blueprint for turning stem cells into sensory interneurons
The findings represent an important step toward cell therapies to restore sensation in people with spinal cord injuries
Key takeaways:
Just like the real thing....
Assistive Technology for Spinal Cord Injury: Types and Benefits
Assistive Technology for Spinal Cord Injury
Assistive technology helps or assists people with disabilities in living a better life and reducing the burden of the...
Gigi & Nate (Official Movie Trailer)
https://youtu.be/n_tgQ105coQ
A young man with a bright future suffers a near fatal accident and recreates his new life with the help of an unlikely animal...
Research shows investigational drug fosters nerve repair after injury
Scientists from the University of Birmingham have shown that a brain-penetrating candidate drug currently in development as a cancer therapy can foster regeneration of...
Electrical stimulation could help bowel dysfunction after spinal cord injury
According to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center, approximately 18,000 new spinal cord injuries occur each year in the United States. Spinal cord...