Tag: Spinal Cord Injury
Paraplegic dad: ‘For everything I’ve lost, I’ve gained so much more’
Men account for the vast majority of people with spinal cord injury-related paralysis. Most are in their prime reproductive years.
Glen Dick didn't see himself...
Paraplegic hits road on customized motorcycle
Paul Bliss’ motto is “life after legs.” For Bliss, it’s a way of life.
A 2003 motorcycle wreck damaged Bliss’ spinal cord, robbing him of...
Wheelchair Unbound
Newly published author Francesco Clark speaks to Tonic about his near-death spinal cord accident and how he’s defied the odds and taken back...
Spinal-cord research earns national honor
Dr. Anthony F. DiMarco, a physician at Metrohealth Medical Center in Cleveland, is making a difference in the lives of patients with spinal-cord injuries.
His...
Improving Recovery From Spinal Cord Injury; Treated Rats Regain Limb Control
BALTIMORE, June 9 (AScribe Newswire) -- Once damaged, nerves in the spinal cord normally cannot grow back...
Never walk again? Yes, he did
HARTWELL - Harris Abramson remembers it like it was yesterday - the moment a surgeon stood at his hospital bed, looked down at him...
Former NFL Player Matt Stevens, Who Became Paraplegic, Walks Again in Groundbreaking ReWalk Device
PHILADELPHIA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Matt Stevens, a 36-year-old former professional football player paralyzed from a spinal cord injury, is one of only 12 patients selected to participate...
Hope for spinal injuries
University of Alberta researchers have discovered spontaneously active receptors in the spinal cord
Bucking conventional knowledge, University of Alberta researchers have identified spontaneously active receptors...
Early treatments for Spinal Cord Injuries produce the best outcomes
Early treatment for patients with traumatic spinal cord injury produces the best outcomes.
If there's one thing nurses should know about traumatic spinal cord injury,...
Path diverted — Spinal cord injury changes more than physical
To be honest, before my injury I was not a compassionate, sensitive person. I did not feel sympathy for the hungry kids in Africa,...
