Spinal Cord Injury Zone

Still Me, part two

The Spinal Cord Injury Zone — Tue, 14 May 2013 09:50:17 +0000

“It’s like going from 21 to zero, when you first learn to crawl and walk. Now I have to learn to move my body in a whole different way.” When Janice Wray lost control of her car on Route 95 in Connecticut last year, everything stopped. A 2009 graduate of East Greenwich High School, Janice [...]

Safe Swimming: Lives Change Forever With One Bad Dive

The Spinal Cord Injury Zone — Mon, 13 May 2013 11:57:20 +0000

An unfamiliar, unlit pool and a split-second decision to dive. That tragic combination changed Chase Jones’ life forever. The 28-year-old University of Georgia graduate broke three vertebrae in his neck, leaving him largely paralyzed from the shoulders down. “This is something I’m still coming to terms with in some way every day,” said Jones, who [...]

PETITION: Accessible Airlines Proposal – Improving Accessibility

The Spinal Cord Injury Zone — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:46:22 +0000

This world of ours is full of barriers and limitations for individuals with disabilities; especially, those who are in power wheelchairs. But, one limitation that should not be accepted is the difficulty of airline transportation for the disabled. The current standard for air travel for those in power wheelchairs is exhausting, dangerous, many times embarrassing [...]

Project Walk Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Center

The Spinal Cord Injury Zone — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:14:00 +0000

Project Walk® Spinal Cord Injury Recovery Center, the world leader in spinal cord injury (SCI) recovery

A Spinal Cord Injury Can Happen to Anyone

The Spinal Cord Injury Zone — Wed, 08 May 2013 11:07:52 +0000

A spinal cord injury can happen to anyone yet no one is prepared for life after the injury.

Helping Spinal Cord Injury Patients in Sri Lanka

The Spinal Cord Injury Zone — Mon, 06 May 2013 16:42:19 +0000

This is the only acute care rehab facility at a primary trauma centre in Sri Lanka.

Golf: Paramobiles lift the human spirit

The Spinal Cord Injury Zone — Sun, 05 May 2013 15:05:46 +0000

Two days after Patrick Shanahan was shot in his spinal cord, on July 16, 2010, during an attempted robbery in Hyannis and left paralyzed from the chest down, he was relearning how to breathe and go to the bathroom at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital in Boston. Unannounced, another paraplegic who worked as a peer counselor at [...]

Spinal cord injury leading to bladder problem

The Spinal Cord Injury Zone — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:26:14 +0000

A good number of people in Qatar are increasingly suffering from dysfunctional urinary bladder (neurogenic bladder) due to spinal cord injury sustained in road traffic accidents and fall from heights, a senior Urology consultant at the Hamad Medical Corporation stated yesterday. Yearly, the HMC Urology’s Voiding Dysfunction unit receives an average of up to 70 [...]

Miniature Horses Work Their Magic To Help Hospital Patients

The Spinal Cord Injury Zone — Wed, 01 May 2013 13:30:18 +0000

They’re small and cute with fuzzy manes, but perhaps most importantly, miniature horses are now helping patients recover from illnesses and injuries at Shands Rehab Hospital in Gainsville, Florida. Training sessions with Gentle Carousel Miniature Therapy Horses are the newest form of therapy at the 40-bed hospital and have become a staple for patients on [...]

IF YOU WERE PARALYZED: Two Champion Researchers Fighting on Your Side

The Spinal Cord Injury Zone — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 06:55:21 +0000

Imagine being paralyzed: whatever position you are in right now, you must stay there– until someone comes to move you. As an American, the chances of you becoming paralyzed are roughly one in fifty. With a U.S. population of 315 million, an estimated 5.6 million children and adults suffer paralysis. That’s 1.7% of America’s population, [...]