Spasticity – aging with a spinal cord injury
Thirty and forty years ago, no one “in the know” believed that aging with a spinal cord injury would be something we’d care about....
Diabetes
Long term spinal cord injury (SCI) and diabetes? According to some researchers the two go together like coffee and cream, like Bonnie and Clyde....
Make an Emergency Fire Plan
If someone yells "Fire!" people generally listen! They get ready to either (a) panic or (b) act quickly and decisively. One thing they don't...
Heart Disease
What's all the confusion about "complete" and "incomplete?" Complete usually means "total" or "whole," while incomplete usually means "unfinished," or "not yet perfect." Although...
Cutting the Fat
Eating is one of the more enjoyable things life has to offer. That’s why what to eat and what not to eat – especially...
Home Alone!
Many people think of "independence" not in terms of how well they can dress themselves, transfer into bed, or drive, but in terms of...
Medications
Some of these may sound familiar. Are you ...
taking more than one prescription drug?
getting prescriptions from more than one doctor or pharmacy?
taking one or...
Colostomies: A Radical Approach to Bowel Mangement
It freaks many people out, but to some spinal cord injury survivors, a colostomy is a perfectly reasonable way to manage those cranky bowels....
Those Scary Statistics
Most authors who publish research articles use statistics to make their conclusions. Hold on to your seats! Statistics have a way of losing even...
Posture
You may find it harder to sit up straight at the table. You may notice a certain crookedness when glancing in a mirror or...
