Tag: Exercises

Syracuse VA Medical Center opens prosthetics lab, spinal cord clinic

Syracuse, NY -- The Syracuse VA Medical Center has opened a new outpatient rehabilitation clinic and a prosthetics lab to serve the growing number...

What I should know about Physical Therapy?

Physiotherapy, also known as physical therapy, is a health related field that strives to enable individuals who were physically injured or whose bodies have...

Australian first tests home-based rehab for spinal cord injury patients

An Australian first study will test live online rehabilitation with video gaming to give spinal cord injury patients the hope of regaining the movement...

Injured Derry woman planning ‘Push’ to regain mobility

In a study initiated and released in April by the Christopher and Dana Reeve Foundation, it was discovered that 40 percent more Americans live...

Adventure Therapy

A LIFELONG STRUGGLE: People who have suffered spinal cord injuries are at higher risk for obesity than those who haven't. Because they're often confined...

Stationary bike helps spinal cord injury sufferers

People who have suffered spinal cord injuries are at higher risk for obesity than those who haven't. Because they're often confined to a wheelchair, the...

Delta Regional Takes Giant Step Toward Limb Rehabilitation

Breakthrough Technology Benefits Stroke and Neurological Patients GREENVILLE — By helping stroke victims regain hand control and grasp objects, they can now master tasks once...

Small Steps

Exercise therapy for injury raises woman’s spirits At the end of each year, the Times-Call checks in on area newsmakers from the past year and...

Church helps injured teen on long road to recovery

Gabe Rodreick, who suffered a spinal injury in Costa Rica, hopes to get back to a top rehab center. Gabe Rodreick of south Minneapolis was...

Creative physical therapy improves lives of people with paralysis

Every 41 minutes someone sustains a spinal cord injury. Almost half of these injuries are due to Motor vehicle crashes, followed by the next...