Tag: Physical Rehabilitation
What is spasticity and neuropathic pain?
Spinal cord injury disconnects the brain from the spinal cord below the injury site. The spinal cord below the injury site does not...
What is the prognosis?
The types of disability associated with SCI vary greatly depending on the severity of the injury, the segment of the spinal cord at...
About SCI
Injury to the spinal cord (the nerves that carry most messages from the brain to the body and vice versa) in the neck or...
Do people with SCI die sooner?
Yes, before World War II, most people who sustained SCI died within weeks of their injury due to urinary dysfunction, respiratory infection or...
Choosing a Spinal Cord Injury Rehabilitation Hospital
Choosing a Rehabilitation facility for someone who has had a catastrophic injury is one of the most important and difficult decisions you may face....
Do people with SCI ever get better?
Yes, before World War II, most people who sustained SCI died within weeks of their injury due to urinary dysfunction, respiratory infection or...
Is there any treatment?
While recent advances in emergency care and rehabilitation allow many SCI patients to survive, methods for reducing the extent of injury and for...
Spinal Cord Treatment Breakthrough at UR
Evan Dawson (Rochester, NY) 07/.29/04 - The potential now exists of a drug that could prevent paralysis--even after a major spinal cord injury.
On the...
Paralympic athletes shooting for awareness
Don't pity the women on the USA Wheelchair Basketball team.
That's the message from South University's Mary Vacala, appointed to the medical staff for the...
Patients do physical, occupational therapy at Spring Valley
LIMERICK - Phoenixville Hospital recently partnered with the new Spring Valley branch of the Phoenixville YMCA to provide patient Rehabilitation in a non-hospital-like setting.
"We...
