Tag: Paralysis
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...
National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month
More than 240,000 Americans, including 44,000 veterans, currently suffer from a spinal cord injury (SCI). Eleven thousand more sustain these injuries every year. The...
Am I Ready For A Van?
Most spinal cord injury survivors who are used to driving a car aren’t too excited about switching to a modified van. “They’re too big....
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...
Incomplete SCIs: Down the Road
This is the second of two brochures about incomplete spinal cord injuries. The first, Incomplete SCIs: The Early Days, discusses some of the issues...
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....
Skin: It’s too Much Pressure!
You’ve probably heard enough about skin to last a lifetime. It’s THE thing that health care professionals hammer on the most. And with good...
Understanding and Managing Stress
It could be a traffic jam, or a busy airport. It could be at school or on the job. Wherever your look, you can...
HELPING HANDS
Wheelchair basketball is played in accordance with NCAA rules with very few exceptions. These exceptions are:
PLAYER: An individual who, because of permanent, severe leg...
