Tag: Spinal Cord Injury Recovery

Esteemed Ski Filmmaker Riley Poor Severely Injured

Filmmaker Riley Poor, veteran of Matchstick Productions, Poorboyz Productions, and Simon Dumont's personal cinematographer was tragically injured in a pool accident this past weekend. First,...

Local family grateful for support for son

Ken Majonis, 31, was paralyzed in accident; now convalescing at home MARLBORO — The Majonis family of Marlboro saw a happy ending to 2008...

Directing Objects With Your Mind

Imagine being able to look at a light, think about turning it on, and it comes on without you moving. Or picture, with just...

Delta Regional Takes Giant Step Toward Limb Rehabilitation

Breakthrough Technology Benefits Stroke and Neurological Patients GREENVILLE — By helping stroke victims regain hand control and grasp objects, they can now master tasks once...

Art therapy: Marks’ exhibit showcases therapeutic power of art

Although Kenneth Martin is confined to a wheelchair because of a spinal cord injury, his imagination knows no limits. The independent living coordinator of L.I.F.E....

Small Steps

Exercise therapy for injury raises woman’s spirits At the end of each year, the Times-Call checks in on area newsmakers from the past year and...

Custom INGRESS’R® from Wikk Industries Helps Turn “ICORD” Spinal Cord Injury Research Centre’s Mission...

Wikk's highly specialized custom elevator activation switches are featured in The Blusson Spinal Cord Centre in the Vancouver General Hospital site - The ICORD's...

Church helps injured teen on long road to recovery

Gabe Rodreick, who suffered a spinal injury in Costa Rica, hopes to get back to a top rehab center. Gabe Rodreick of south Minneapolis was...

Local doctor recovers from spinal cord injury

For decades, he treated patients in the Roanoke Valley as an orthopedic surgeon, but a bicycle accident flipped the script. In an instant,...

A spine-tingling new frontier

One Sydney scientist likens it to the lunar mission; a potentially great but risky step forward. For some people with spinal cord injury -...