Tag: Physical Therapy
Goal Driven
Despite challenges, Lindsay Heimkes still making strides
FILER - In 2006, Lindsay Heimkes joined the ranks of the more than 11,000 spinal cord injury cases...
Road to Recovery
One warm summer evening, Tamara Mena-Perez lay in her bed gazing at a row of medication bottles on her dresser.
She started getting angry. It...
They said she’d never walk again
But, Amanda Boxtel is fighting back
ASPEN — Fifteen years ago when Amanda Boxtel crossed her ski tips at Snowmass Ski Area, she somersaulted and...
Still living life to the fullest
A lot has happened to Andrew Robinson since he was injured last June in a car-bomb explosion in Iraq.
The 24-year-old former North Hanover resident,...
Human stem cell treatment restores motor function in paralyzed rats
Rats paralyzed due to loss of blood flow to the spine returned to near normal ambulatory function six weeks after receiving grafts of human...
Patients heading abroad for hope
Those with spinal injuries brave risks to find new therapies overseas
McKINNEY – Two weeks after Tonya Winchester celebrated her high school graduation, an 18-wheeler...
Patients teaching doctor history of war
At Walter Reed, he treats amputees, soldiers with brain and spinal injuries from battles in Iraq and Afghanistan
WASHINGTON - When the Army doctor walked...
Vet Travels to Mexico To Receive Stem Cell Treatment
(KABC-TV) - Stem cell therapy is the next frontier in medicine. Scientists hope to someday use stem cells as the ultimate body-repair kit, growing...
N.H. man sentenced in crash that paralyzed Methuen woman
LAWRENCE - Dana Martino of Methuen is doing her best to defy the opinions of doctors who said she may never walk again because...
Paralyzed man lashes out at Pacman
DENVER (AP) - Tommy Urbanski fidgets in his electronic wheelchair, trying to find a comfortable position.
No luck. The pain just shifts.
Urbanski, paralyzed from an...
