Tag: Wheelchairs
‘Exciting times’ for spinal cord research
Thank you Prime Minister Stephen Harper! Thank you Rick Hansen! Thank you Tony Clement and Steven Fletcher! Thank you, thank you and thank you....
Golden gains wheelchair access
The efforts of a handful of racers and organizers are helping make Golden a better place to live for people in wheelchairs.
Funds raised at...
Insurers often cap coverage for the latest spinal cord injury treatments
New technologies and more aggressive approaches to treating spinal cord injuries pioneered in Detroit are giving patients new independence and improved mobility.
But the innovations...
“Roll Models” and Designer Wheelchairs Add New Spin to Famed New York Fashion Week
FRESNO, CA -- (MARKET WIRE) -- January 10, 2007 -- We invite you to consider: What would a St. John wheelchair look like? Rich...
Connecticut Murderball
Depending on how you read the situation, the Connecticut Jammers are either having a bad year or a great one.
The state’s wheelchair rugby team’s...
Back on her feet
This time last year, Gianna Cotroneo was in a wheelchair, her back in a brace and on the mend after a sledding crash fractured...
The Nieshoff System
Quadriplegic doctor treats patients with empathy at Novi rehab institute
Life for James Rudolph of Howell changed in a flash when a motorcycle crash in...
Modified van, Marine mindset carry injured vet into a new chapter of life
FREDERICK -- An injury during his service in Iraq three years ago left Marine Sgt. Jason Wittling many things -- a quadriplegic,...
Celling a Strategy
Opposition to embryo-destroying research is not a losing issue. At least it shouldn’t be.
“How can you side with those people?”
In 2002, a paralyzed research...
Bringing the gift of mobility
Woman gives villagers treatment, wheelchairs
When Physical Therapist Colleen Sullivan Moses and her group drove up to a village in Tibet, they often found an...
