Tag: Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago
Paralyzed ex-football player celebrates injury’s anniversary: ‘I was reborn on that day’
Kenneth Jennings doesn't see why he shouldn't celebrate the day he took his final steps and moved his arms for the last time.
He even...
Paralysed patients have weaker bones than expected
People paralysed by spinal cord injuries lose mechanical strength in their leg bones faster, and more significantly, than previously believed, putting them at greater...
Spinal Cord Injury and Pregnancy
https://youtu.be/wtok57e_4hw
Many times when I find out one of my patients is, are pregnant, I will put them in therapy in the second trimester, for...
Female Fertility after Spinal Cord Injury
https://youtu.be/_dG3sfuxvXU
Diane M. Rowles, MS, NP Nurse Practitioner, Shirley Ryan AbilityLab (Formally the Rehabilitation Institute of Chicago) https://facingdisability.com/expert/diane-m-rowles-ms-np
I always want to tell people that...