Tag: Physical Rehabilitation

Changing or Choosing Your Doctor

Many medical doctors, particularly general practitioners, family practitioners, or internists, see relatively few people with spinal cord injuries. They may not be aware of...

Interacting With Your Doctor

As part of a growing health and cost conscious public, we now take more responsibility for our health. More concerned about what we eat,...

The Medicare Maze

If you are newly injured and need information about Disability benefits, or if you're approaching age 65, and looking at retirement, then it might...

You And Your Doctor: Rights and Responsibilities

Everywhere you look these days there is health information - in Readers Digest, in Good Housekeeping, in Men's Health, in the magazine that comes...

Finding the Information You Need

Everywhere you look these days there is health information - in Readers Digest, in Good Housekeeping, in Men's Health, in the magazine that comes...

Understanding Those Medical & Research Articles

Ever have trouble making sense out of articles in medical, scientific, and research magazines? This brochure will give you some pointers as you try...

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...

Home Alone!

Many people think of "independence" not in terms of how well they can dress themselves, transfer into bed, or drive, but in terms of...

Make an Emergency Fire Plan

If someone yells "Fire!" people generally listen! They get ready to either (a) panic or (b) act quickly and decisively. One thing they don't...

Accepting New Help

The world we live in - and we ourselves - place a very high value on physical independence. We're raised on the expectation that...