Tag: Hope
Injured surfers learn that ‘Life Rolls On’
They Will Surf Again event set for Long Branch oceanfront June 22
LONG BRANCH - Life does not stop when someone suffers a spinal cord...
Unstoppable
Justin Cochran may be disabled from the neck down, but that has not stopped him from skydiving, parasailing, hiking or organizing a golf tournament.
The...
New report shows locomotor training restores walking function in child with spinal cord injury
Central Nervous System may be retrained, report led by Physical Therapist shows
ALEXANDRIA, VA (June 4, 2008)—A new report shows that a non-ambulatory (unable to...
A new approach to paralysis rehab
Book looks at family challenges
Spinal cord injury (SCI) affects an estimated 12,000 people each year, according to the National Spinal Cord Injury Statistical Center....
U of G Leaders to Spend Day in Wheelchairs to Raise Awareness
Several University of Guelph leaders will be spending June 4 in wheelchairs to help raise awareness of the upcoming Wheels in Motion event and...
Student innovations benefit patients
Every other weekday morning, a patient named Joe swims in the 12th-floor pool of the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago. Having sustained a C6-C7 spinal...
One man’s quest to walk again
Editor's note: Paralysis after a spinal cord injury brings wrenching decisions: Do you accept it as permanent and adapt, or do you refuse to...
New stem cell therapy for spinal injuries
Namita's life came to a standstill the day she suffered a spinal cord injury 16 years ago. Bound to a wheelchair all these years,...
Fil-Am is most severely wounded Iraq veteran
The most severely wounded and disabled US soldier to return home from Iraq is a Filipino-American by the name of Joseph “Jay” Briseno Jr....
Bills’ Everett has minor surgery to relieve neck pain
Kevin Everett is recovering after having minor surgery this week to relieve pain in his neck, which was related to the severe spinal cord...
