Tag: Chronic Pain
Striving for Normalcy
Rebecca Wylie has learned how to live what she calls a normal collegiate life despite an illness that has left her paralyzed
Every morning, Rebecca...
Developing Nervous System Sculpted By Opposing Chemical Messengers
La Jolla, Calif. -- A newborn baby moves, breathes and cries in part because a network of nerves called Motor neurons carry signals from...
Autonomic Dysreflexia
Autonomic Dysreflexia (AD), also known as Hyperreflexia, is a potentially dangerous complication of spinal cord injury (SCI). In AD, an individual's blood pressure may...
Spinal Cord Injury Treatment and Cure Research
When someone sustains a spinal cord injury (SCI), one of the most difficult issues to deal with is that there is no "cure" at...
Prevention
A sixteen year old was the front seat passenger with her young, inexperienced boyfriend John at the wheel. They were on their way home...
Common Questions about Spinal Cord Injury
1. What is Spinal Cord Injury?
Spinal Cord Injury (SCI) is damage to the spinal cord that results in a loss of function such as...
What is “Autonomic Dysreflexia?”
Autonomic Dysreflexia, also known as Hyperreflexia, means an over-activity of the Autonomic Nervous System causing an abrupt onset of excessively high blood pressure. Persons...
What are Schwann Cells?
Description of Schwann Cells provided by Inner Learning Online. Larger axons passing through Peripheral nerves commonly are enclosed in sheaths called "Schwann cells."...
Coping skills
An accident that results in paralysis is a life-changing event, whether you've lost movement in your legs and lower body or all four extremities....
Treatment
Fifty years ago, a spinal cord injury was usually fatal. Today, there's still no way to reverse damage to the spinal cord. But advances...
