Tag: Physical Therapy
Helping to heal complications from spinal cord injury
By: News-Medical in Medical Research News
A London scientist has received a major grant to help improve the quality of life for individuals with spinal...
A Stem Cell Christmas Miracle?
A report earlier this week that South Korean researchers have used stem cells derived from umbilical cord blood to help a woman with a...
Paralyzed man is recipient of holiday spirit
Strangers, friends and family are remodeling Jesse Freeby's house to make it wheelchair accessible
DENNIS McCARTHY
MILWAUKIE -- Jesse Freeby never realized how many friends he...
Give A Cheer! Cheerleader Regains Ability To Walk
Recovery From Spinal Cord Injury Is 6 To 12 Percent
A young New Jersey woman paralyzed in a cheerleading accident fought to get back on...
Do therapies have to be applied shortly after injury?
Several experimental therapies are aimed at restoring function in chronic spinal cord injury, when recovery has stabilized a year or more after injury.
These...
What experimental clinical therapies are available?
Several clinical trials are assessing therapies that are applied within 2 weeks after injury.
These include activated macrophages (which may help repair the injured cord),...
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...
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...
Woman ‘keeps going’ in battle against paralysis
FOUNTAIN SPRINGS — Like actor Christopher Reeve, Jenifer M. Bonner believes in persistence. The 27-year-old hasn’t been able to walk since a July 4,...
Device helps people learn to walk again
After Scott Rayburg was seriously injured in an automobile accident in Ohio last year, surgeons gave him no more than a 15 percent chance...
