Tag: Cerebral Palsy

Beware the chair

Travis Oldhouser proves Quad rugby isn't for the scared, soft or squeamish PHILADELPHIA - Metal slammed into metal in the middle of the gym. Bodies...

Firm provides ramps for handicapped

Mike Cleary has installed more than 100 metal ramps for Disability access in residences (as well as in commercial buildings) since launching his own...

Stem-Cell Refugees

Yanks are flocking to China for therapy August, 2002. Chuck Melton, a burly 24-year-old factory worker, is living a good life in southern Illinois. He...

First Middle East Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation Conference opens today at Arab Health

The UAE needs more Rehabilitation facilities and specialists to ensure quality of life and function for its injured and disabled population, experts from the...

Bringing the gift of mobility

Woman gives villagers treatment, wheelchairs When Physical Therapist Colleen Sullivan Moses and her group drove up to a village in Tibet, they often found an...

Coalition Calls on Congress to Change Medicare Rule

Mobility equipment manufacturers and dealers are joining with power wheelchair users and doctors to call on Congress to prevent a major access problem for...

Wheelchair funding to be cut

To combat fraud, Medicare reducing reimbursements There is no question that Keith Copen needs his motorized wheelchair. The 59-year-old is paralyzed from the thighs down...

Physical therapy helps woman’s recovery

BRYAN - Shonnie Moore of College Station, paralyzed in a July 2005 traffic accident, has had to learn how to eat, bathe and live...

Physical therapy helps College Station woman regain use of arms

Shonnie Moore of College Station, paralyzed in a July 2005 traffic accident, has had to learn how to eat, bathe and live all over...

Banking your cord blood

Estimated to be a $2 billion market worldwide, cord blood storage market is now beginning to grow at a fast pace in India too,...