Tag: Quadriplegia
What is Paraplegia and Quadriplegia?
Paraplegia is the loss of sensation and movement in legs and in part or all of the trunk, usually resulting from an injury to...
dreamblvr.com
This site shares a little about life, quadriplegia and insite to a wacky world. So have fun with it! Spinal cord injury can be...
What is meant by the terms “complete” and “incomplete” injuries?
Complete injuries result in total loss of sensation and function below the injury level. Incomplete injuries result in partial loss.
"Complete" does not necessarily...
National Spinal Cord Injury Awareness Month
More than 240,000 Americans, including 44,000 veterans, currently suffer from a spinal cord injury (SCI). Eleven thousand more sustain these injuries every year. The...
Those Scary Statistics
Most authors who publish research articles use statistics to make their conclusions. Hold on to your seats! Statistics have a way of losing even...
Accepting New Help
The world we live in - and we ourselves - place a very high value on physical independence. We're raised on the expectation that...
Long-term Care Givers
For Better and For Worse
No one plans on spinal cord injury. “No one” includes you–the spouse, the family, the person who provides care–as well...
Personal Care Assistance
There are lots of reasons why people with disabilities decide to get more help. Some don't have a choice - because of the extent...
Breast Cancer
Breast cancer is the most common cancer among women, accounting for more than 30% of all of their cancers. While spinal cord injury itself...
Colostomies: A Radical Approach to Bowel Mangement
It freaks many people out, but to some spinal cord injury survivors, a colostomy is a perfectly reasonable way to manage those cranky bowels....
