Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
Spirituality
Because spinal cord injury can be a life changing event, your whole way of life - including your spirituality -- is challenged. You may...
Switching to a Power Wheelchair
For many SCI survivors, recapturing independence is your single most significant achievement. You view any concessions to that independence accepting more help, using...
Understanding and Managing Stress
It could be a traffic jam, or a busy airport. It could be at school or on the job. Wherever your look, you can...
Upper-Extremity Pain
For 20 years, Tom had “no aches, no pains, no nothing.” Why was his luck changing now? Maybe his shoulder pain started because his...
Weight Gain
So you gained five pounds in the last year; no big deal. It’s probably not enough for anyone to notice. But think about it:...
You Are How You Feel
One of the first questions out of your doctor's mouth is often something like, "How are you feeling?" More than just a conversation starter,...
The Real Truth about Stem Cells
Spinal Cord Injuries affect millions of individuals worldwide. The cost to the patient, family, and society is enormous both from a financial and emotional...
Little Great Race participants to take big strides for area man
Like hundreds of other people, Frankie Gogol will be a spectator at the annual Little Great Race in Charleroi on Saturday, Sept. 10. But...
Tragedy Creates New Event to Benefit Non-Profit
The family of 16-year-old amateur motocross racer, Ricky James, has decided to hold a fundraising golf tournament with the Next Steps Foundation in an...
Man hurt by pool dive may move again
The Framingham man who broke his neck by diving off a trampoline into a shallow kiddie pool may be able to recover at least...
