Tag: Chronic Pain

Spirituality

Because spinal cord injury can be a life changing event, your whole way of life - including your spirituality -- is challenged. You may...

Switching to a Power Wheelchair

For many SCI survivors, recapturing independence is your single most significant achievement. You view any concessions to that independence ­ accepting more help, using...

Understanding and Managing Stress

It could be a traffic jam, or a busy airport. It could be at school or on the job. Wherever your look, you can...

Upper-Extremity Pain

For 20 years, Tom had “no aches, no pains, no nothing.” Why was his luck changing now? Maybe his shoulder pain started because his...

Weight Gain

So you gained five pounds in the last year; no big deal. It’s probably not enough for anyone to notice. But think about it:...

You Are How You Feel

One of the first questions out of your doctor's mouth is often something like, "How are you feeling?" More than just a conversation starter,...

Trampoline victim may recover movement

The Framingham man who broke his neck by diving into a wading pool may be able to recover at least some movement in his...

Murderball: This documentary is the wheel deal

It is relatively easy to make a film about people in wheelchairs and manipulate the viewer into feeling sorry for these poor, disabled souls. But...

Murderball: Take it Personally

Murderball: Take it Personally I've seen Murderball 3 times. If you're old enough (it's rated R for some curse words and sexual content), I recommend...

Murderball – About the Movie

ABOUT THE FILM Featuring fierce rivalry, stopwatch suspense, and larger-than-life personalities, MURDERBALL, winner of the Documentary Audience Award and a Special Jury Prize for Editing...