Tag: Quadriplegia
Medical Marvel
Doctors can't explain why Pat Rummerfield is able to run marathons and race cars. Even so, there are scores of quadriplegics who long to...
Check water depth before swimming
The Spinal Injuries Association is urging Queenslanders to take special care when swimming, driving or traveling through bushland following recent widespread flooding in Queensland.
Acting...
Quick action key with neck injuries
This is the second article in a three-part series about head and neck injuries in football and how prepared local sports programs are in...
A chill down the spine
The quick and cooling treatment of Buffalo Bills' Kevin Everett spurs interest in its use in spinal cord injuries.
Buffalo Bills tight end Kevin Everett's...
New DVD aimed at reducing spinal injuries
PENSACOLA, Fla. — Football players usually hoot and holler when viewing tapes of bone-crunching hits.
Recently, however, the West Florida High Jaguars could only gasp...
The gift that keeps on giving
Matthew Nagle only lived 27 years, but his example of encouraging disabled people to strive for a better way of life by participating in...
What are the effects of SCI?
The effects of SCI depend on the type of injury and the level of the injury. SCI can be divided into two types...
Letting nothing get in his way
Doctors said he couldn't race, but veteran didn't give up
GARLAND – Quintin Stephens has won more than 300 medals and has held seven national...
What is the spinal cord and the vertebra?
The spinal cord is about 18 inches long and extends from the base of the brain, down the middle of the back, to about...
Disabled activists descend on D.C.
WASHINGTON -- A pair of handcuffs is tucked into one side of Daniese McMullin-Powell's wheelchair -- as always. She keeps a stash of about...
