Tag: Infections
Electrical stimulation gives hope to paralyzed
Therapy could help restore some function, some studies suggest
Vibrating tingles of electricity worm into the thin legs of paralyzed children, pulling at their muscles...
BOOK – Alternative Medicine and Spinal Cord Injury
Studies indicate that 40% of Americans use some form of alternative medicine; for individuals with long-term disabilities, learning about their options is even more...
RUSSIAN STEM-CELL THERAPY
We are a part of a global community in which the devastation of spinal cord injury (SCI) bows to no flag, and solutions will...
What is autonomic dysreflexia?
The Autonomic Nervous System often becomes hyperactive in people with spinal cord injury. Autonomic Dysreflexia manifests in large increases in blood pressure (hypertension) with...
What happens to the bladder, bowel, and sexual function?
The spinal cord also carries “autonomic” signals that control blood pressure, blood flow, breathing, sweating, bowel, bladder, sexual, and other autonomic functions.
• Bladder Paralysis...
Those Scary Statistics
Most authors who publish research articles use statistics to make their conclusions. Hold on to your seats! Statistics have a way of losing even...
Alcohol Abuse
What do all of the following have in common?
increased muscle Spasticity
fractures
heart, liver, kidney, & brain damage
pressure sores
malnutrition
urinary tract infections
Answer:...
The Art of Breathing
Breathing seems pretty basic. Inhale. Exhale. Repeat. When you stop … well … you have a problem.
Obviously, if you can't breathe, you've got problems....
Bladder Cancer
You may have heard it from physicians, from family members who have been doing their reading, or from spinal cord injury survivors who go...
Bowel Problems
As a children’s book says, "Everyone poops." Although you may not talk about it or even think about it much, it’s important to your...
