Tag: Spinal Cord Injury Recovery
Miracle-Man Pat Rummerfield to challenge Irwindale’s oval
IRWINDALE, Calif. -- Paralyzed from the neck down in a horrendous 135-mile per hour car accident, and all but given up for a life...
How is acute spinal cord injury treated?
Acute spinal cord injury refers to hours or days after spinal cord injury during which continued deterioration or tissue damage may occur. Shortly...
Spinal cord injury treatment raises hope
The initial trial of a controversial method for treating spinal cord injuries within two weeks of an accident suggests it may be partly successful....
Local man sees St. Louis doctor credited with ‘Superman miracle’
MINER - Terry Cole has no self pity. Although he is disabled and uses a wheelchair, he doesn’t allow these circumstances to slow him...
New Nerve Cells
Every year, thousands of people end up paralyzed when their spinal cords are injured. Right now, these patients almost never fully recover. But, as...
Spinal trial raises hope
THE initial trial of a controversial method for treating spinal cord injuries within two weeks of an accident suggests it may be partly successful....
Benefit to aid infant with rare disease
WALLINGFORD — Jonathan Narducci was born a happy and healthy baby, but after seven months all that changed in an instant.
Last May, Paul Narducci...
The big picture for John Rotche has never looked brighter
A devastating injury ended his football career, but life's turns are bringing him great joy and success
It doesn't take much for John Rotche to...
Uncharted waters
Tim Swieckowski is a quadriplegic, but a specially designed boat allows him to be one of the few who sail on their own.
SAND KEY...
Gents coping with ‘devastating blow’
As Pat Culley lies in a Boston hospital bed paralyzed from the chest down with a spinal cord injury suffered last Saturday during a...
