Tag: Spasticity
HETEROTOPIC OSSIFICATION (HO)/CYST
Heterotopic Ossification (HO) is the development of abnormal bone in soft (non-skeletal) tissue, primarily in the region of the...
EJACULATION, ORGASM, AND COITUS
Ejaculation is a Motor function which cannot take place if the particular nerves and parts of the spinal cord...
Castaic Paraplegic to Walk Marathon Finish
This morning, for the second year in a row, Castaic resident and Web site designer Marc Richards, paralyzed from the middle of his chest...
AGGRESSIVE PHYSICAL REHABILITATION
In recent years, a variety of aggressive physical Rehabilitation programs have emerged that seem to restore significant function for many people after spinal cord...
Electrical stimulation gives hope to paralyzed
Therapy could help restore some function, some studies suggest
Vibrating tingles of electricity worm into the thin legs of paralyzed children, pulling at their muscles...
BOOK – Alternative Medicine and Spinal Cord Injury
Studies indicate that 40% of Americans use some form of alternative medicine; for individuals with long-term disabilities, learning about their options is even more...
How does spinal cord injury affect the skin?
Spinal cord injury reduces or eliminates skin sensation in dermatomes below the injury site. Because people cannot feel or move, they may sit or...
What happens to the bladder, bowel, and sexual function?
The spinal cord also carries “autonomic” signals that control blood pressure, blood flow, breathing, sweating, bowel, bladder, sexual, and other autonomic functions.
• Bladder Paralysis...
Medications
Some of these may sound familiar. Are you ...
taking more than one prescription drug?
getting prescriptions from more than one doctor or pharmacy?
taking one or...
Osteoporosis
Rick was getting dressed one morning just sliding on his pants and pulling up a sock. He heard a loud “SNAP.” Broken hip,...
