Tag: Physical Rehabilitation
Coping skills
An accident that results in paralysis is a life-changing event, whether you've lost movement in your legs and lower body or all four extremities....
Treatment
Fifty years ago, a spinal cord injury was usually fatal. Today, there's still no way to reverse damage to the spinal cord. But advances...
Complications
If you recently experienced a spinal cord injury, it might seem like every aspect of life just became a lot more complicated. After all,...
Spinal Cord Injury Levels & Classification
When people are injured, they are often told that they have an injury at a given spinal cord level and are given a qualifier...
Spinal Cord Injury Glossary
Abdominal Binder - Wide elastic binder use to help prevent a drop in blood pressure or used for cosmetic purposes to hold in abdomen....
FAQ’s About Spinal Cord Injuries
Spinal cord injury (SCI) occurs when a traumatic event results in damage to cells within the spinal cord or severs the nerve tracts...
Spinal Cord Injury Facts & Stats
Since 1988, 45% of all injuries have been complete, 55% incomplete. Complete injuries result in total loss of sensation and function below the injury...
Injury tests successful developer
LEXINGTON, Ky. - An overachieving central Kentucky construction developer is now facing the challenge of his life - walking again.
Doug Wilburn, 45, president of...
Dr. Vidya Jayawardena gets Earnest Bors Award
Vidya Jayawardena, MD, SGU '93, received the Ernest Bors Award for Scientific Development for her work on Bacteriuria in Neurogenic Bladder and its significance...
New Shriners hospital to be built in St. Louis
The Board of Trustees of Shriners Hospitals for Children recently announced that it has approved the construction of a new hospital to replace the...
