Tag: Chronic Pain
Wrestling Coach Temporarily Paralyzed By Injury
Coach Considers Himself 'Blessed,' Not Lucky
BALTIMORE -- A high school wrestling coach who was 15 minutes away from being paralyzed says he's blessed.
On Nov....
Preventing Permanent Spinal Cord Injury
Injections of a man-made liquid may some day help treat spinal cord injuries and prevent permanent paralysis, according to an animal study.
One day, ambulances...
Quadriplegic gets $6 million from city
BALTIMORE (AP) — A man who was left paralyzed after his neck was broken during a 1997 arrest by Baltimore police has agreed to...
Most spinal-cord injury patients suffer ‘abnormal’ pain: poll
Three-quarters of paralyzed spinal-cord injury patients suffer from persistent abnormal pain, according to a study released Friday.
A group of spinal cord injury patients and...
Family pins hope on research
4-year-old injured in 2003 accident making progress
By Lisa Scheller, News Editor
He careens through his house in his wheelchair, zipping from one room to another...
Quadriplegic will run marathon
Alan Robinson will be one of the last runners to cross the finish line in Sunday's LaSalle Bank Chicago Marathon.
When he ran last year,...
What is spasticity and neuropathic pain?
Spinal cord injury disconnects the brain from the spinal cord below the injury site. The spinal cord below the injury site does not...
Does recovery occur after spinal cord injury?
Many doctors tell patients and families that recovery does not occur after spinal cord injury. This is not true. Recovery is the rule, not...
About SCI
Injury to the spinal cord (the nerves that carry most messages from the brain to the body and vice versa) in the neck or...
Democrats, Republicans on stem cell research
Democrats and Republicans view the stem cell debate very differently.
Earlier this week, Ron Reagan, son of the late president, addressed the Democratic National Convention...
