Tag: Family and Friends
Diabetes
Long term spinal cord injury (SCI) and diabetes? According to some researchers the two go together like coffee and cream, like Bonnie and Clyde....
Fatigue
We’re hearing more and more about fatigue these days. Who cares? Isn’t fatigue just part of getting older? Well, the truth is, new data...
Heart Disease
What's all the confusion about "complete" and "incomplete?" Complete usually means "total" or "whole," while incomplete usually means "unfinished," or "not yet perfect." Although...
Incomplete SCIs: The Early Days
What's all the confusion about "complete" and "incomplete?" Complete usually means "total" or "whole," while incomplete usually means "unfinished," or "not yet perfect." Although...
Optimal Health
What Is It and How to Get It
You are over your rehab and are reaching a level of health that you feel good about....
Quality of Life: What’s Important
Researchers have much data showing that people with spinal cord injuries have a high quality of life. Many people are surprised by this. "How...
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...
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...
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,...
