Tag: Physical Therapy
Taylor Chace hasn’t let a serious accident keep him from hockey
THERE WAS FEAR, of course, along with the invevitable questions: Why did this happen? What’s going to become of me? But the emotion Taylor...
RUSSIAN STEM-CELL THERAPY
We are a part of a global community in which the devastation of spinal cord injury (SCI) bows to no flag, and solutions will...
Little Great Race participants to take big strides for area man
Like hundreds of other people, Frankie Gogol will be a spectator at the annual Little Great Race in Charleroi on Saturday, Sept. 10. But...
Teens with spinal cord injuries
Seventeen-year-old Van Brooks felt somewhat out of place talking to adults with spinal cord injuries after his own paralyzing accident last fall. Sure, the...
Striving for Normalcy
Rebecca Wylie has learned how to live what she calls a normal collegiate life despite an illness that has left her paralyzed
Every morning, Rebecca...
We have to overcome this hope barrier
Ten minutes after a recent announcement that South Korean scientists had discovered an efficient way to produce stem cells, the world's largest spinal cord...
Spinal cord unit provides support for whole family
HOWLAND — Patients touch balloons, pick up bean bags and tighten bolts in Forum Health Hillside Rehabilitation Hospital's Occupational Therapy room.
They are part of...
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....
Work on wheels: Disproving the myths of disability
As a Physical Therapy student in the 1970s, Thomas Holtackers learned to help individuals overcome injuries that interfered with their daily functioning.
Now a Physical...
Beijing offers beginning in quest to walk again
David Landewee already can feel sensations in his stomach. His breathing is stronger. He can even sit up and flex muscles in his legs.
Nearly...
